Ancient Latin Epics in Girolamo Vida's Christiad /

Ancient Latin Epics in Girolamo Vida's Christiad /

The Christiad (1535) is a Neo-Latin epic by the Italian Renaissance writer Girolamo Vida, based on the Gospels and written at the behest of Pope Leo X. Long seen as a Christian Aeneid, it emerges in this study as a far more complex work, demonstrating that while Virgil remains the main model, Vida a...

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Main Author: Cianciosi, Stefano (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
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Call Number: Z6207.G7 DE3

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Theoretical Background
  • 2 The Goal, Method, and Basic Assumptions of This Study
  • 3 The Structure of This Work
  • 1 The Principles behind the Order of the Stories
  • 1 Elisha's Appointment as Elijah's Attendant (1 Kgs 19:19-21)
  • 2 Elisha's Consecration as a Prophet (2 Kgs 2:1-18)
  • 3 The Healing of the Spring in Jericho (2:19-22) and "Go Away, Baldhead" (2:23-25)
  • 4 The Three Kings' War against Moab (3:4-27)
  • 5 The Miraculous Jug of Oil (4:1-7)
  • 6 The Birth and Resurrection of the Shunammite's Son (4:8-37)
  • 7 The Toxic Stew (4:38-41)
  • 8 The Multiplication of the Food (4:42-44)
  • 9 The Healing of Naaman (5:1-27)
  • 10 The Floating Axe Head (6:1-7)
  • 11 The Siege of Dothan (6:8-23)
  • 12 The Siege of Samaria (6:24-7:20)
  • 13 "The Great Things That Elisha Did" (8:1-6)
  • 14 The Prophecies to Hazael and Ben Haddad (8:7-15)
  • 15 Jehu's Anointing and Coup (Chapters 9 and 10)
  • 16 "An Arrow of Victory over Aram!" (2 Kgs 13:14-19) and the Resurrection of the Dead Man (13:20-21)
  • 17 Summary
  • 2 The Elisha Stories as Saints' Legends
  • 1 Five Genres Proposed for the Elisha Stories
  • 2 Do the Elisha Stories Criticize the Man of God?
  • 3 The Elisha Cycle as Prophetic Hagiography Meant to Exalt the Prophet
  • 4 Summary
  • 3 From Following the Oxen to Following Elijah: Elisha Becomes Elijah's Attendant (1 Kgs 19:19-21)
  • 1 The Story's Relationship to the Elisha Cycle*
  • 2 The Structure of the Narrative
  • 3 The Literary Genre
  • 4 A Close Reading
  • 5 Summary
  • 4 From Prophet's Attendant to Prophet (2 Kings 2:1-18)
  • 1 Inclusion in the Elisha Cycle
  • 2 The Genre
  • 3 The Connection between This Story and That of Elisha's Appointment as Elijah's Attendant (1 Kgs 19:19-21)
  • 4 The Structure of the Story
  • 5 A Close Reading
  • 6 Summary
  • 5 Two Legends: Elisha Saves Jericho from Bereavement (2 Kings 2:19-22) and Kills Its Children (2 Kings 2:23-25)
  • 1 The Healing of the Jericho Spring
  • 2 "Go Away, Baldhead!"
  • 3 Summary
  • 6 Elisha and the Miraculous Jug of Oil (2 Kings 4:1-7)
  • 1 The Structure of the Story
  • 2 A Close Reading
  • 3 A Comparison of Elisha's Food-Related Miracle (2 Kgs 4:1-7) with Elijah's (1 Kgs 17:8-16)
  • 4 Summary
  • 7 Two Food-Related Miracles: the Detoxification of the Stew (2 Kings 4:38-41) and the Multiplication of the Loaves and Grain (2 Kings 4:42-44)
  • 1 The Detoxification of the Stew (4:38-41)
  • 2 The Multiplication of the Bread and Grain (4:42-44)
  • 3 A Comparison with Elijah's Miracle of the Flour and Oil (1 Kgs 17:8-16)
  • 4 A Comparison with the Miracle of the Quail (Numbers 11)
  • 5 Summary
  • 8 The Miracle of the Floating Axe Head (2 Kings 6:1-7)
  • 1 The Placement of the Story
  • 2 The Structure of the Story
  • 3 A Close Reading
  • 4 The Similarities between the Miracle of the Floating Axe Head and the Miracle of the Stew (2 Kgs 4:38-41)
  • 5 The Similarities between the Floating Axe Head and the Sweetening of the Waters of Marah (Exod 15:23-25)
  • 6 Summary
  • 9 The Man of God Confronts the Enemy Army: the Siege of Dothan (2 Kgs 6:8-23)
  • 1 The Structure of the Story
  • 2 A Close Reading
  • 3 Summary
  • 10 Methods of Characterization: Elisha, the Holy Man of God
  • 1 Explicit Evaluation by the Narrator
  • 2 A Character's Name
  • 3 Biographical Details
  • 4 Actions
  • 5 Elisha's Relations with the People around Him
  • 6 Elisha and the Lord
  • 7 Manner of Speech
  • 8 External Appearance
  • 9 Parallels between Elisha and Other Characters in the Bible
  • 10 Summary
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography.