Classics and the Bible: Hospitality and RecognitionBloomsbury Academic, 22.11.2007 - 192 sivua "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. |
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... ( Acts 16 : 25-30 ) . Richard Seaford shows that this scene in Bacchae also resembles a more famous episode in Acts : the conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus ( Acts 9 : 3-9 ) .78 The two biblical stories and the Euripides passage ...
... Acts : the description of the coming of the Spirit evokes a whole range of Old Testament passages , but in particular the appearance of God at Babel ( Gen. 11 : 5-9 ) and at Sinai ( Exod . 19 : 3-24 ) . Pentecost in first - century Juda ...
... ( Acts 19 : 23-8 ) The Ephesians fill the theatre ( the natural political focus of an ancient city ) and keep up their chant for two hours : they are quieted only when the city clerk points out the risk of being charged with rioting . The ...
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Virgil Between Two Worlds | 76 |
Foolishness to Greeks | 113 |
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