Lords of the Scrolls : Literary Traditions in the Bible and Gospels
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0820478490
ISBN-13
9780820478494
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 28th, 2005
Print length
394 Pages
Weight
820 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 23.60 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalThe Early Church
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Lords of the Scrolls analyzes ancient literary sources to show how biblical and gospel scribes borrowed and imitated themes from earlier literature to create heroic legends around Hebrew figures and Jesus. Comparisons between the Epic of Gilgamesh; Enuma Elish; Canaanite, Egyptian, and Greek legends; Homeric epics; the histories of Herodotus; and selected biblical and gospel passages reveal thematic and literary similarities. Tracing literary classics from the birth of writing to the first millennium of the modern era, this book demonstrates that Hebrew scribes used previous literature to establish a national identity, and that gospel scribes borrowed heavily from Homer to create epic legends around the person of Jesus.
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