About this title: 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-centred ideologies ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780199284573ISBN:0199284571
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 216x138 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (464) an exploration of the way in which early christians engaged with the roman intellectual elite and its highly sophisticated graeco-roman tradition. roger green examines the works of juvencus, sedulius, and arator, and shows how they repackaged the new testament as epic, to try to make a bridge between two very different cultures. (Hardback) read more
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