The Gospel "according to Homer and Virgil " cento and canon /

The Gospel "according to Homer and Virgil " cento and canon /

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...

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Main Author: Sandnes, Karl Olav, 1954-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 138.
Novum Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264557.

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Homer > Influence.
Virgil > Influence.
Bible. > N.T. > Criticism, Textual.
Centos > History and criticism.
Christian literature, Early > Classical influences.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Christianity and culture > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Classical literature > Influence.
Religion and poetry.

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Call Number: PN1077 .S195 2011

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