Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, AratorLatin 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. 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 between two very different cultures. He explores the fascinating questions of how these authors exploit epic themes such as gods, heroes, war, and fate, without playing down the very real theological concerns of their times. All these poets were popular in the Middle Ages and later, and are the pioneers of poetry that leads to Renaissance epic and the famous poems of John Milton. |
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... Jesus (known to many today as the Nunc Dimittis), the old man twice expresses his joy with a reference to the common neo-Platonic idea of the body as a prison79 from which death liberates the soul (1. 192–3 carcere corporis aegri ...
... Jesus (known to many today as the Nunc Dimittis), the old man twice expresses his joy with a reference to the common neo-Platonic idea of the body as a prison79 from which death liberates the soul (1. 192–3 carcere corporis aegri ...
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... Jesus, and the name of Jesus, in order to present them in the Lucan context of the census which took Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem. He then follows Luke up to their return to Nazareth, the patria of 1. 223. At this point Juvencus ...
... Jesus, and the name of Jesus, in order to present them in the Lucan context of the census which took Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem. He then follows Luke up to their return to Nazareth, the patria of 1. 223. At this point Juvencus ...
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... Jesus from Jerusalem—he welds the remainder of that chapter onto the discourse of Matthew 12 so that the scribes' comment at 2. 692–4, where Matthew becomes again the base text, comes as a reaction to the Johannine material. This is apt ...
... Jesus from Jerusalem—he welds the remainder of that chapter onto the discourse of Matthew 12 so that the scribes' comment at 2. 692–4, where Matthew becomes again the base text, comes as a reaction to the Johannine material. This is apt ...
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... Jesus' birth and presentation in the temple The arrival of the Magi, and Herod's massacre 278–306 307–36 337–63 364–451 452–730 731–70 Luke 2: 40–52 Luke 3: 1–9135 Matt. 3: 11–17 Matt. 4 Matt. 5–7 Matt. 8: 1–15 The young Jesus in the ...
... Jesus' birth and presentation in the temple The arrival of the Magi, and Herod's massacre 278–306 307–36 337–63 364–451 452–730 731–70 Luke 2: 40–52 Luke 3: 1–9135 Matt. 3: 11–17 Matt. 4 Matt. 5–7 Matt. 8: 1–15 The young Jesus in the ...
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... Jesus' death Matt. 21: 1–43 Jesus' entry into Jerusalem Matt. 22: 1–14 Parable of the king's marriage feast 459–549 550–621 622–736 737–73 Book 4 1–51 52–85 Arguments with the Pharisees and others Denunciation of scribes and Pharisees ...
... Jesus' death Matt. 21: 1–43 Jesus' entry into Jerusalem Matt. 22: 1–14 Parable of the king's marriage feast 459–549 550–621 622–736 737–73 Book 4 1–51 52–85 Arguments with the Pharisees and others Denunciation of scribes and Pharisees ...
Contents
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2 Sedulius | 135 |
3 Arator | 251 |
4 Reception and Influence | 351 |
Conclusion | 373 |
Appendix 1 Juvencus and the Text of the New Testament | 385 |
Appendix 2 The Official Record of the Presentation of the Historia Apostolica | 391 |
Bibliography | 393 |
Index of Passages | 419 |
General Index | 432 |
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