02663nam 2200613 a 450 99621395400331620200520144314.097866107579921-280-75799-X0-19-151585-X1-4294-6017-2(CKB)1000000000405275(EBL)415484(OCoLC)437093796(SSID)ssj0000189621(PQKBManifestationID)11156672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189621(PQKBWorkID)10165730(PQKB)11019145(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072300(MiAaPQ)EBC415484(Au-PeEL)EBL415484(CaPaEBR)ebr10271418(CaONFJC)MIL75799(EXLCZ)99100000000040527520060703d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLatin epics of the New Testament[electronic resource] Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator /Roger P.H. GreenOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (464 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171380-5 0-19-928457-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-418) and indexes.Juvencus -- Sedulius -- Arator -- Reception and influence.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 highlyEpic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)History and criticismChristian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)History and criticismElectronic books.Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)History and criticism.Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)History and criticism.873/.01093827Green Roger(Roger P. H.)280119MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996213954003316Latin epics of the New Testament2296528UNISA