Theology

David E. Nyström

The Apology of Justin Martyr

Literary Strategies and the Defence of Christianity

[Die Apologie Justins des Märtyrers. Literarische Strategien und die Verteidigung des Christentums.]

2018. XIV, 182 pages.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe 462

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In his Apology, Justin Martyr uses some major apologetic strategies to defend Christianity. These are the 'logos doctrine', the 'theft theory', the 'proof from prophecy' and the arguments from demons. David E. Nyström analyses them in order to create a picture of how they work together, rhetorically and literarily, in Justin's grand argument.
In his Apologia pro Christianis, Justin Martyr uses some major apologetic strategies to defend and promote Christianity. These are here identified as the 'logos doctrine', the 'theft theory', the 'proof from prophecy' and the demonological arguments. David E. Nyström analyses each strategy on its own terms as well as in relation to the others in order for them to yield a picture of how they work, rhetorically and literarily, in Justin's grand argument. He also explores possible literary models as well as the purpose and function of the literary form Justin chose for his work.
Authors/Editors

David E. Nyström Born 1975; B.A. in Theological-Historical Studies from Oral Roberts University; M.A. in Theology and Religion from Durham University; PhD in Divinity from the University of Cambridge; worked at several universities and theological seminaries in Sweden, including the universities of Gothenburg and Uppsala, teaching New Testament and Historical Theology.
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Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament (JSNT) — 41.5 (2019), S. 105 (Andrew Gregory)
In: New Testament Abstracts — 63 (2019), S. 188–189
In: Jahrbuch f.Liturgik u.Hymnologie — 2019, p. 95 (Helmut Schwier)
In: Reading Religion — (Robert Edwards)
In: Zeitschr. f. Kirchengeschichte — 130 (2019), S. 243–244 (Friedrich W. Horn)
In: Journal of Ecclesiastical History — 70 (2019), pp. 835–837 (Paul Foster)
In: Review of Biblical Literature — https://www.sblcentral.org/ (09/2021) (H.H.Drake Williams III)
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