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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... prophet and classical historian each describing him in their own characteristic terms : he is the most obvious example of an important historical figure portrayed by both traditions . Herodotus describes his march on Babylon : as he ...
... ( prophet ' or ' seer ' ) for the inspired poet with the high seriousness of privileged insight . The ' Messianic Eclogue ' The perception of Virgil as anima naturaliter Christiana ( ' a naturally Christian soul ' ) has a long history ...
... prophet Isaiah . And the Spirit said to Philip , ' Go up and join this chariot ' . So Philip ran to him , and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet , and asked , ' Do you under- stand what you are reading ? ' And he said , ' How can I ...
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History Tragedy and Philosophy | 36 |
Virgil Between Two Worlds | 76 |
Foolishness to Greeks | 113 |
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