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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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 56
... character , in a minimalist setting.59 This emphasises the universal dimension which the book shares with Oedipus ... characters are reported ( again in the manner of a Platonic dialogue ) rather than set out like a script . Above all ...
... character.63 This tradition lies behind the protest of Jesus on the cross : ' My God , my God , why hast thou forsaken me ? ' ( Mark 15:34 , quoting Ps . 22 : 1 ) . 64 At this point a new character enters : Elihu is young and bombastic ...
... character who cannot be admired . Thus for example because the poet's portrait of Dido in part evokes Medea in ... characters familiar to the reader from earlier literature and tradition but who belong to a later period than the setting ...
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History Tragedy and Philosophy | 36 |
Virgil Between Two Worlds | 76 |
Foolishness to Greeks | 113 |
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