Luke and Vergil : imitations of classical Greek literature / Dennis R. MacDonald.
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TextSeries: New Testament and Greek LiteraturePublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 259 pages .)Content type: - 9781442230552
- 144223055X
- Bible. Luke -- Extra-canonical parallels
- Bible. Acts -- Extra-canonical parallels
- Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Virgil. Aeneis
- Virgil -- Influence
- Virgil
- Aeneis (Virgil)
- Bible. Acts
- Bible. Luke
- Greek literature -- Relation to the New Testament
- Littérature grecque -- Relation avec le Nouveau Testament
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament
- Extra-canonical parallels
- Greek literature -- Relation to the New Testament
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- 226.4/066 23
- BS2595.52 .M26 2015
- online - EBSCO
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Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online | online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Online access | Not for loan (Accesso limitato) | Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users | (ebsco)908863 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Abbreviations; Introduction; Passages in Luke-Acts with Proposed Imitations; Part One. Euripides' Bacchae and Luke-Acts; Part Two. Socrates in Plato and Xenophon; Part Three. Vergil's Odyssey-Iliad and Luke-Acts; Appendix 1. Analogous Imitations of Euripides' Bacchae in Jewish and Christian Texts; Appendix 2. Analogous Imitations of Plato's Socrates in Christian Texts; Appendix 3. The Q+/Papias Hypothesis; Notes; Bibliography; Index to Classical Greek Literature; Index to the Gospels and Acts; About the Author.
These two volumes are the magnum opus of biblical scholar Dennis R. MacDonald, outlining the profound connections between the New Testament and classical Greek poetry. MacDonald argues that the Gospel writers borrowed from established literary sources to create stories about Jesus that readers of the day would find convincing.

