RE: Book reports
October 14, 2019 at 4:23 am
(This post was last modified: October 14, 2019 at 4:24 am by GrandizerII.)
@Belaqua:
How would a story like Baucis and Philemon fit into the narrative of "the weak and poor are better than the strong and rich" being Christian? Clearly, the work itself was not Christian and most probably was not influenced by Christian thinking (I think it was written before any of the earliest Christian writings, but could be wrong).
Interestingly, I remember reading this story as a kid and thinking to myself this sounds like a story that could have easily been included in the Bible, considering it was a story about morality rather than a story about the achievements of gods and heroes and wars and such. This brings me to another question.
Is it possible that, rather than Christianity influencing this kind of thinking, it was the circumstances of the time in which Ovid's Baucis and Philemon and the earliest Christian writings were written that, gradually emerging from prior times and following some natural progression in resources and understanding (leading to progression in ethical thinking and such) stimulated the sort of thinking that is apparent in the New Testament?
How would a story like Baucis and Philemon fit into the narrative of "the weak and poor are better than the strong and rich" being Christian? Clearly, the work itself was not Christian and most probably was not influenced by Christian thinking (I think it was written before any of the earliest Christian writings, but could be wrong).
Interestingly, I remember reading this story as a kid and thinking to myself this sounds like a story that could have easily been included in the Bible, considering it was a story about morality rather than a story about the achievements of gods and heroes and wars and such. This brings me to another question.
Is it possible that, rather than Christianity influencing this kind of thinking, it was the circumstances of the time in which Ovid's Baucis and Philemon and the earliest Christian writings were written that, gradually emerging from prior times and following some natural progression in resources and understanding (leading to progression in ethical thinking and such) stimulated the sort of thinking that is apparent in the New Testament?
