Mainstreaming Mimesis Criticism
In the last three years (2015-2017), Dennis MacDonald has published three seminal books reflecting a lifetime of scholarship.¹ Each book of this trilogy makes a magisterial contribution to scholarship and exemplifies the value of mimesis criticism as a methodology for Biblical studies. MacDonald sho...
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| Published in | Classical Greek Models of the Gospels and Acts p. 3 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Claremont Press
03.01.2018
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In the last three years (2015-2017), Dennis MacDonald has published three seminal books reflecting a lifetime of scholarship.¹ Each book of this trilogy makes a magisterial contribution to scholarship and exemplifies the value of mimesis criticism as a methodology for Biblical studies. MacDonald shows beyond any reasonable doubt that (1) Mark imitates Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey; that (2) Luke expands Mark’s Homeric parallels to include Euripides’ Bacchae, Plato’s Republic, Apology, and Phaedo, and Vergil’s Aeneid as well; and that (3) John models Jesus after Dionysus and the Pentheus of the Bacchae of Euripides. If these seminal texts are taken seriously-as |
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| ISBN: | 9781946230188 1946230189 |