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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... reason. As well as the presentation of the necessary biographical detail, there are in it numerous critical questions, great and small (and of course answers to small questions often contribute to the solution of major problems), which ...
... reason. As well as the presentation of the necessary biographical detail, there are in it numerous critical questions, great and small (and of course answers to small questions often contribute to the solution of major problems), which ...
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... reasons for preferring the third-century dating to the fifth-century one, but see Kirsch (1989), 70 n. 80 on the great divergence of opinions. But Commodian is aiming at a quite different readership and using a very different style. 4 ...
... reasons for preferring the third-century dating to the fifth-century one, but see Kirsch (1989), 70 n. 80 on the great divergence of opinions. But Commodian is aiming at a quite different readership and using a very different style. 4 ...
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... reason why they should not refer, especially in an encomiastic context, to any time after September 324, when Constantine secured his supremacy by defeating Licinius in the battle of Chrysopolis. Attempts have been made, notably by ...
... reason why they should not refer, especially in an encomiastic context, to any time after September 324, when Constantine secured his supremacy by defeating Licinius in the battle of Chrysopolis. Attempts have been made, notably by ...
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... reason to question the correctness of this scribal addition, even if it was made some centuries later, or to postulate any intention to mislead;45 and it may confidently be inferred that Juvencus was an inhabitant or native of Elvira ...
... reason to question the correctness of this scribal addition, even if it was made some centuries later, or to postulate any intention to mislead;45 and it may confidently be inferred that Juvencus was an inhabitant or native of Elvira ...
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... reasons for. 46 EEC 1. 270. 47 See Force (1993), 325–6, and the less cogent suggestion of Fichtner (1994), 35. 48 De Clercq (1954). It is far from certain that this Ossius is the dedicatee of Calcidius' Timaeus; see Klibansky (1962), pp ...
... reasons for. 46 EEC 1. 270. 47 See Force (1993), 325–6, and the less cogent suggestion of Fichtner (1994), 35. 48 De Clercq (1954). It is far from certain that this Ossius is the dedicatee of Calcidius' Timaeus; see Klibansky (1962), pp ...
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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