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The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil'

2011-02-14 Religion
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Book Synopsis The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil' by : Karl Olav Sandnes

Download or read book The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil' written by Karl Olav Sandnes. This book was released on 2011-02-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fourth century C.E. some Christians paraphrased the stories about Jesus' life in the style of classical epics. Imitating the genre of centos, they stitched together lines taken either from Homer (Greek) or Virgil (Latin). They thus created new texts out of the classical epics, while they still remained fully within the confines of their style and vocabulary. It is the aim of this study to put these attempts into a historical and rhetorical context. Why did some Christians rewrite the Gospel stories in this way, and what came out of this? On the basis of these Christian centos, it is natural to address the view held by some scholars, namely that New Testaments narratives are imitations of the epics.

The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil'

2011-02-14 Religion
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Release : 2011-02-14
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Book Synopsis The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil' by : Karl Olav Sandnes

Download or read book The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil' written by Karl Olav Sandnes. This book was released on 2011-02-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the phenomenon of Christian centos, i.e. attempts at rewriting the Gospel stories in both the style and vocabulary of either Homer (Greek) or Virgil (Latin). Out of the classical epics an entirely new text emerged.

The Gospels and Homer

2014-11-05 Religion
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Release : 2014-11-05
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Book Synopsis The Gospels and Homer by : Dennis R. MacDonald

Download or read book The Gospels and Homer written by Dennis R. MacDonald. This book was released on 2014-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two volumes of The New Testament and Greek Literature are the magnum opus of biblical scholar Dennis R. MacDonald, outlining the profound connections between the New Testament and classical Greek poetry. MacDonald argues that the Gospel writers borrowed from established literary sources to create stories about Jesus that readers of the day would find convincing. In The Gospels and Homer MacDonald leads readers through Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, highlighting models that the authors of the Gospel of Mark and Luke-Acts may have imitated for their portrayals of Jesus and his earliest followers such as Paul. The book applies mimesis criticism to show the popularity of the targets being imitated, the distinctiveness in the Gospels, and evidence that ancient readers recognized these similarities. Using side-by-side comparisons, the book provides English translations of Byzantine poetry that shows how Christian writers used lines from Homer to retell the life of Jesus. The potential imitations include adventures and shipwrecks, savages living in cages, meals for thousands, transfigurations, visits from the dead, blind seers, and more. MacDonald makes a compelling case that the Gospel writers successfully imitated the epics to provide their readers with heroes and an authoritative foundation for Christianity.

Luke and Vergil

2014-11-05 Religion
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Release : 2014-11-05
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Book Synopsis Luke and Vergil by : Dennis R. MacDonald

Download or read book Luke and Vergil written by Dennis R. MacDonald. This book was released on 2014-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two volumes of The New Testament and Greek Literature are the magnum opus of biblical scholar Dennis R. MacDonald, outlining the profound connections between the New Testament and classical Greek poetry. MacDonald argues that the Gospel writers borrowed from established literary sources to create stories about Jesus that readers of the day would find convincing. In Luke and Vergil MacDonald proposes that the author of Luke-Acts followed Mark’s lead in imitating Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, but greatly expanded his project, especially in the Acts, but adding imitations not only of the epics but also of Euripides’ Bacchae and Plato’s Socratic dialogues. The potential imitations include spectacular miracles, official resistance, epiphanies, prison breaks, and more. The book applies mimesis criticism and uses side-by-side comparisons to show how early Christian authors portrayed the origins of Christianity as more compelling than the Augustan Golden Age.

The Revelation of Imagination

2015-08-17 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2015-08-17
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Book Synopsis The Revelation of Imagination by : William Franke

Download or read book The Revelation of Imagination written by William Franke. This book was released on 2015-08-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Revelation of Imagination, William Franke attempts to focus on what is enduring and perennial rather than on what is accommodated to the agenda of the moment. Franke’s book offers re-actualized readings of representative texts from the Bible, Homer, and Virgil to Augustine and Dante. The selections are linked together in such a way as to propose a general interpretation of knowledge. They emphasize, moreover, a way of articulating the connection of humanities knowledge with what may, in various senses, be called divine revelation. This includes the sort of inspiration to which poets since Homer have typically laid claim, as well as that proper to the biblical tradition of revealed religion. The Revelation of Imagination invigorates the ongoing discussion about the value of humanities as a source of enduring knowledge.

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