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Autore |
Green Roger (Roger P. H.) |
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Titolo |
Latin epics of the New Testament [[electronic resource] ] : Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator / / Roger P.H. Green |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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9786610757992 |
1-280-75799-X |
0-19-151585-X |
1-4294-6017-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (464 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) - History and criticism |
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-418) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Juvencus -- Sedulius -- Arator -- Reception and influence. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An exploration of the way in which early Christians engaged with the Roman intellectual elite and its highly sophisticated Graeco-Roman tradition. Roger Green examines the works of Juvencus, Sedulius, and Arator, and shows how they repackaged the New Testament as epic, to try to make a bridge between two very different cultures. - ;Latin Epics of the New Testament is about the growth of Christianity, and in particular the challenge of engaging with the Roman intellectual elite and its highly sophisticated Graeco-Roman tradition. In this culture epics like those of Vergil and Lucan were highly |
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