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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... beginning of Greek literature but have a long tradition of storytelling behind them . The Odyssey is already a sophisticated variant of a more obvious narrative . Many of the experiences of Odysseus seem naturally those of a hero ...
... beginning . As Abraham recognises his divine visitor , the reader with the benefit of hindsight recognises a pattern in later history . But before any of this , Abraham himself has been recognised and appointed as the instrument of the ...
... beginning was the Word ' ( John 1 : 1 ) echoes ' In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ' ( Gen. 1 : 1 ) . He simultaneously repeats its claim ( for the Word summarises the ninefold ' God said ' in the first chapter of ...
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Virgil Between Two Worlds | 76 |
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