| Ancient Fiction: The Matrix of Early Christian and Jewish Narrative Contributor(s): Brant, Jo-Ann A. (Editor), Hedrick, Charles W., Jr. (Editor), Shea, Chris (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004137688 ISBN-13: 9789004137684 Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts |
| Dewey: 220.66 |
| LCCN: 2005013329 |
| Series: Sbl - Symposium |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.54" W x 9.54" (1.84 lbs) 372 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume examine the relationship between ancient fiction in the Greco-Roman world and early Jewish and Christian narratives. They consider how those narratives imitated or exploited conventions of fiction to produce forms of literature that expressed new ideas or shaped community identity within the shifting social and political climates of their own societies. Major authors and texts surveyed include Chariton, Shakespeare, Homer, Vergil, Plato, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Daniel, 3 Maccabees, the Testament of Abraham, rabbinic midrash, the Apocryphal Acts, Ezekiel the Tragedian, and the Sophist Aelian. This diverse collection reveals and examines prevalent issues and syntheses in the making: the pervasive use and subversive power of imitation, the distinction between fiction and history, and the use of history in the expression of identity. The contributors are Jo-Ann A. Brant, J. R. C. Cousland, Ruben Rene Dupertuis, Noah Hacham, Gerhard van den Heever, Ronald F. Hock, Tawny L. Holm, Sara R. Johnson, Jared W. Ludlow, Dennis R. MacDonald, Chaim Milikowsky, Judith B. Perkins, Richard I. Pervo, Gareth Schmeling, and Chris Shea. "Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)" |