The Gospel "according to Homer and Virgil"
Subtitle: cento and canon
By: by Karl Olav Sandnes
Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- v. 138; Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- v. 138.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789004187184
Subjects: Bible; Centos; Christianity and culture; History and criticism; Influence; Religion and poetry; Classical literature; Classical influences; Early Christian literature; Textual Criticism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the context of the study; title: The rhetorical context of biblical epics; title: Why imitate classical texts?; title: What is a cento?; title: Faltonia Betitia Proba : the gospel "according to Virgil"; title: Eudocia Athenais : the gospel "according to Homer"; title: Summary.