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Ancient fiction and early Christian narrative / Ronald F. Hock, J. Bradley Chance, Judith Perkins, editors.
Van Pelt Library BS2361.2 .A43 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 6.
- SBL symposium series ; no. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. New Testament.
- Greek literature--Relation to the New Testament.
- Greek literature.
- Greek fiction.
- Narration in the Bible.
- Christian literature, Early--Greek authors.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, [1998]
- Contents:
- Pt. I. Ancient Fiction. 1. The Invention of Fiction / David Konstan. 2. The Spectrum of Narrative: Authority of the Author / Gareth Schmeling.3. Pleasurable Reading or Symbols of Power: Religious Themes and SocialContext in Chariton / Douglas R. Edwards. 4. Focalization in Xenophon of Ephesos' Ephesiaka / Kathryn Chew. 5. Setting the Stage for Romances: Xenophon of Ephesus and the Ecphrasis / Chris Shea. 6. A Nihilist Fabula: Introducing the Life of Aesop / Richard I. Pervo
- Pt. II. Ancient Fiction and the New Testament. 7. Why New Testament Scholars Should Read Ancient Novels / Ronald F. Hock. 8. Secrecy and Recognitions in the Odyssey and Mark: Where Wrede Went Wrong / Dennis R. MacDonald. 9. Creating Plot in Episodic Narratives: The Life of Aesop and the Gospel of Mark / Whitney Shiner. 10. Conceiving the Narrative: Colors in Achilles Tatius and the Gospel of Mark / Charles W. Hedrick. 11. Divine Birth and Apparent Parents: The Plot of the Fourth Gospel / Jo-Ann Brant. 12. Divine Prognostications and the Movement of Story: An IntertextualExploration of Xenophon's Ephesian Tale and the Acts of the Apostles / J. Bradley Chance. 13. "Better to Marry than to Burn": St. Paul and the Greek Novel / Loveday Alexander
- Pt. III. Ancient Fiction and Extracanonical Christian Narrative. 14. Reversing Romance? The Acts of Thecla and the Ancient Novel / Melissa Aubin. 15. Stories Without Texts and Without Authors: The Problem of Fluidity in Ancient Novelistic Texts and Early Christian Literature / Christine M. Thomas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0788504312
- OCLC:
- 38010718
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