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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... follow the evidence that makes him a priest who lived and worked in Italy, and the somewhat stronger indications of a date in the second quarter of the fifth century. He was well educated before joining what looks like a small Christian ...
... follow the evidence that makes him a priest who lived and worked in Italy, and the somewhat stronger indications of a date in the second quarter of the fifth century. He was well educated before joining what looks like a small Christian ...
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... follows its own interesting trajectory, receives here the briefest of mentions, and the attractions and versatility of Prudentius, though he is a considerable influence on Sedulius, will only be glimpsed. Nor should the reader expect a ...
... follows its own interesting trajectory, receives here the briefest of mentions, and the attractions and versatility of Prudentius, though he is a considerable influence on Sedulius, will only be glimpsed. Nor should the reader expect a ...
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... follows: Iuvencus, nobilissimi generis Hispanus, presbyter, quattuor evangelia hexametris versibus paene ad verbum transferens quattuor libros composuit, et nonnulla eodem metro ad sacramentorum ordinem pertinentia. Floruit sub ...
... follows: Iuvencus, nobilissimi generis Hispanus, presbyter, quattuor evangelia hexametris versibus paene ad verbum transferens quattuor libros composuit, et nonnulla eodem metro ad sacramentorum ordinem pertinentia. Floruit sub ...
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... 77 So Langslow (1999), 200. 78 See pp. 93–4. 79 Courcelle (1965). 80 See also Green (2004a), for a view of the Preface complementary to what follows. 81 Kirsch (1989), 86 n. 121 reviews the manuscript evidence 14 Juvencus.
... 77 So Langslow (1999), 200. 78 See pp. 93–4. 79 Courcelle (1965). 80 See also Green (2004a), for a view of the Preface complementary to what follows. 81 Kirsch (1989), 86 n. 121 reviews the manuscript evidence 14 Juvencus.
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... follows.81 In the editions of Marold and Huemer82 the reader will first meet a short prefatory piece, present in all manuscripts, which consists of a distich on each of the four evangelists, concentrating on their pictorial symbols ...
... follows.81 In the editions of Marold and Huemer82 the reader will first meet a short prefatory piece, present in all manuscripts, which consists of a distich on each of the four evangelists, concentrating on their pictorial symbols ...
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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