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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... letter to Optatianus Porphyrius that 'those who write and speak in my age are welcomed by a supportive audience just like a soft breeze, and in due course the testimony deserved is not withheld by me'.9 Whether or not, as Barnes ...
... letter to Optatianus Porphyrius that 'those who write and speak in my age are welcomed by a supportive audience just like a soft breeze, and in due course the testimony deserved is not withheld by me'.9 Whether or not, as Barnes ...
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... letter Jerome is defending himself to Magnus, a rhetor, and showing the value of using exempla from secular literature in the service of Christianity. He justifies his own practice with reference to a long series of biblical and early ...
... letter Jerome is defending himself to Magnus, a rhetor, and showing the value of using exempla from secular literature in the service of Christianity. He justifies his own practice with reference to a long series of biblical and early ...
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... A possible case is in Ogilvie (1978), esp. 109–10. 68 Jerome, Ep. 22. 30 (CSEL 54. 189–91). 69 Cyprian, ad Demetrianum and the letter ad Donatum. 70 Testard (1990), 26 refers to education received within the 12 Juvencus.
... A possible case is in Ogilvie (1978), esp. 109–10. 68 Jerome, Ep. 22. 30 (CSEL 54. 189–91). 69 Cyprian, ad Demetrianum and the letter ad Donatum. 70 Testard (1990), 26 refers to education received within the 12 Juvencus.
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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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