The Gospel "according to Homer and Virgil" : cento and canon / / by Karl Olav Sandnes.
In the fourth century C.E. some Christians paraphrased the stories about Jesus' life in the style of classical epics. Imitating the genre of centos, they stitched together lines taken either from Homer (Greek) or Virgil (Latin). They thus created new texts out of the classical epics, while they...
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Superior document: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 138 |
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Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum ;
v. 138. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (285 pages) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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