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Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator

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Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator - Green, Roger P H
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Latin Epics of the New Testament is about the growth of Christianity, and in particular the challenge of engaging with the Roman intellectual elite and its highly sophisticated Graeco-Roman tradition. In this culture epics like those of Vergil and Lucan were highly valued for their language, their "heroic" themes, and their Rome-centered ideologies. Roger Green examines each of these epics in detail, showing how the three authors Juvencus, Sedulius, and Arator repackage the New Testament as epic, and try to make a bridge ...

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Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator 2007, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780199284573

Hardcover