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1 online resource (x, 227 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index. |
Summary |
In this provocative challenge to prevailing views of New Testament sources, Dennis MacDonald argues that the origins of passages in the book of 'Acts' are to be found not in early Christian legends but in the epics of Homer. |
Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: The Visions of Cornelius and Peter and Iliad""; ""1. Cornelius and Peter""; ""2. Lying Dream and True Portent""; ""3. More Dreams and Portents""; ""4. The Visions of Cornelius and Peter""; ""5. Local Legend or Homeric Imitation?""; ""Part Two: Paul�s Farewell at Miletus and Iliad""; ""6. Hector�s Farewell to Andromache""; ""7. Paul�s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders""; ""8. Jewish Testament or Homeric Imitation?""; ""Part Three: The Selection of Matthias and Iliad""; ""9. The Selection of Ajax to Face Hector"" |
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""10. The Selection of Matthias to Replace Judas""""11. Jerusalem Legend or Homeric Imitation?""; ""Part Four: Peter�s Escape from Prison and Iliad""; ""12. Priam�s Escape from Achilles and Its Imitators""; ""13. Alexander�s Escape from Darius""; ""14. Peter�s Escape from Herod""; ""15. Hellenistic Legend or Homeric Imitation?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Greek and Latin Parallels""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Bible. Acts -- Extra-canonical parallels.
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Bible. Acts. |
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Extra-canonical parallels. |
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Homer. Iliad.
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Homer. |
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Homère. Iliade. |
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Bible. Actes des Apôtres -- Parallèles extracanoniques. |
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Bible. Acts. |
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Iliad (Homer) |
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Greek literature -- Relation to the New Testament.
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Greek literature -- Relation to the New Testament. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: MacDonald, Dennis Ronald, 1946- Does the New Testament imitate Homer?. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2003 0300097700 9780300097702 (DLC) 2003049688 (OCoLC)52166140 |
ISBN |
9780300129892 (electronic book) |
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0300129890 (electronic book) |
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9780300097702 |
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0300097700 |
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