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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820244003321

Autore

Sandnes Karl Olav <1954->

Titolo

The Gospel "according to Homer and Virgil" : cento and canon / / by Karl Olav Sandnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-11969-2

9786613119698

90-04-19442-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages)

Collana

Supplements to Novum Testamentum, , 0167-9732 ; ; v. 138.

Disciplina

809.1/9382

Soggetti

Religious poetry

Christian literature, Early - Classical influences

Classical literature - Influence

Centos

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / K. O. Sandnes -- Chapter One. Introduction: The Context Of The Study / K. O. Sandnes -- Chapter Two. The Rhetorical Context Of Biblical Epics / K. O. Sandnes -- Chapter Three. Why Imitate Classical Texts? / K. O. Sandnes -- Chapter Four. What Is A Cento? / K. O. Sandnes -- Chapter Five. Faltonia Betitia Proba: The Gospel “According To Virgil” / K. O. Sandnes -- Chapter Six. Eudocia Athenais: The Gospel “According To Homer” / K. O. Sandnes -- Chapter Seven. Summary / K. O. Sandnes -- Bibliography / K. O. Sandnes -- Reference Index / K. O. Sandnes -- Subject Index / K. O. Sandnes -- Modern Authors / K. O. Sandnes.

Sommario/riassunto

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.