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Classics and the Bible : hospitality and recognition / John Taylor



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Autore: Taylor John <1955 April 11-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Classics and the Bible : hospitality and recognition / John Taylor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Bristol Classical Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 p.)
Disciplina: 880.9
Soggetto topico: Classical literature
Classical literature - Themes, motives
Hospitality in literature
Recognition in literature
Bible as literature
Hospitality in the Bible
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; 1. Homer; 2. History, Tragedy and Philosophy; 3. Virgil Between Two Worlds; 4. Foolishness to Greeks; 5. Spots of Time; Bibliography; Notes; eCopyright
Sommario/riassunto: "'Classics and the Bible' looks at story-patterns and themes which Greek and Latin literature shares with the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. Direct influence or a common source can explain some similarities, but uncannily parallel plots and forms of expression seem more often to occur independently. Classical and biblical texts constantly illuminate each other. Hospitality and recognition are central themes in both traditions, and also metaphors about the relation between them. Classical and biblical authors alike tell stories which need to be read in the light of other stories. The relation between the present and the heroic past is crucial to both traditions, and both raise fundamental questions about the relation of text and reader. The first three chapters consider the subject from the classical side: Homer, the Greek tragedians and Plato, and Virgil; the fourth turns to the New Testament; and the fifth to aspects of later reception. Readers should ideally be equipped with a Bible, English translations of a few major classical authors, and an open mind."--Bloomsbury Publishing
"Classics and the Bible" looks at story-patterns and themes which Greek and Latin literature shares with the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. Direct influence or a common source can explain some similarities, but uncannily parallel plots and forms of expression seem more often to occur independently. Classical and biblical texts constantly illuminate each other. Hospitality and recognition are central themes in both traditions, and also metaphors about the relation between them. Classical and biblical authors alike tell stories which need to be read in the light of other stories. The relation between the present and the heroic past is crucial to both traditions, and both raise fundamental questions about the relation of text and reader. The first three chapters consider the subject from the classical side: Homer, the Greek tragedians and Plato, and Virgil; the fourth turns to the New Testament; and the fifth to aspects of later reception. Readers should ideally be equipped with a Bible, English translations of a few major classical authors, and an open mind
Titolo autorizzato: Classics and the Bible  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4725-3968-0
1-84966-790-X
1-84966-789-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785713703321
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Serie: Classical literature and society.