Classics and the Bible: Hospitality and RecognitionBloomsbury Academic, 22/11/2007 - 192 páginas "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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... Persia as their climax . The first campaign , culminating in the battle of Marathon in 490 BC , coincided approximately ... Persian territory , where he will have acquired an early awareness of cultural difference . The Histories are the ...
... Persian aggressor . Solon and Croesus foreshadow Artabanus and Xerxes much later in the narrative . The Persian king debating whether to invade Greece is warned by his uncle ' the god blasts living things that are prominent and prevents ...
... Persian career of imperial conquest , capturing Sestus on the Hellespont where Xerxes had built his bridge and impaling the Persian governor Artayctes ( 9.114-20 ) . In these cases we are invited to reflect on the events we know to have ...
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History Tragedy and Philosophy | 36 |
Virgil Between Two Worlds | 76 |
Foolishness to Greeks | 113 |
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