According to Virginia Woolf, to be a successful writer requires at least a room to herself, to prevent distraction, a room in which she can go undisturbed by the restraints of man, and enough money to sustain herself throughout her Continue reading
The central idea of Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” is that in order to be a good writer and create coherent pieces, one needs five-hundred pounds and a room of one’s own. She stresses that these two things Continue reading
In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf discusses the need of five-hundred pounds and a private room in order that one may be a good writer. She notes that these two necessities are largely inaccessible to women, firstly because men Continue reading
Authors need time in order to write. They need to be able to concentrate and not be disturbed. Distractions are the main problem with an author’s ability to write. In the book A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, Continue reading
Every author has a unique writing style. When asked to compare two different authors, one might find some similarities between the two. When asked to compare Brown and Hurtado, the first thing one might ask is what is their topic. Continue reading
In the book The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown, he explores the spread of Christianity and how it effected those at the time. While Larry Hurtado did something similar in his book Earliest Christian Artifacts, he instead analyzed how Christianity Continue reading
The manner in which the information about the early Christians and their willingness to adapt around the common citizen, and their affinity for the codex over the scroll was presented to me in two very different ways, both heavily capable Continue reading
Both Larry Hurtado and Peter Brown take on the task of developing a historical look at the early Christian tradition; however, Hurtado focuses on the actual form of Christian literature, while Brown focuses more on the story of the church Continue reading
Peter Brown and Larry Hurtado have both written pieces on the immersion of early Christianity in the Greco-Roman world. “The Conversion of Christianity, 300-363,” a chapter from Peter Brown’s The World of Late Antiquity, and “The Early Christian Preference for Continue reading
Hurtado and Brown approach the presentation of Christian history in dramatically contrasting fashions. Brown tends to present his information with a chronological structure following the experiences of specific individuals. Hurtado, in contrast, presents his information with quantitative data to support Continue reading
