Athens and Jerusalem

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What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian

Source

On the Prescription of Heretics

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Latin

Time

220 220s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.

Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; or as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.

Apostle Paul

Acts 17:22-23

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Athens and Jerusalem Evangelism God

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:22-23).

The atoms of Democritus
And Newton’s particles of light
Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
Where Israel’s tents do shine so bright.

William Blake

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Athens and Jerusalem

Author

William Blake

Source

Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1807 1810s 19th century

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Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

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Blake, William. "Mock on Mock on Voltaire Rousseau." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.

Acts 17:19-21

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Athens and Jerusalem

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:19-21).

The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests has said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits to thought." The Greeks said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought."

Edith Hamilton

The Greek Way

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Athens and Jerusalem

Author

Edith Hamilton

Source

The Greek Way

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hamilton, Edith. The Greek Way. W. W. Norton & Company, 1930, ch. 2.

Hebraism and Hellenism,—between these two points of influence moves our world.

Matthew Arnold

Culture and Anarchy

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Athens and Jerusalem Cultural heritage Classical antiquity

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Culture and Anarchy

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1868 1860s 19th century

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Arnold, Matthew. "Hebraism and Hellenism." Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869. Originally published in Cornhill Magazine, 1867–68.