RT Article
T1 Ulyssean Qualities in The Life of Josephus and Luke-Acts: A Modest Defence of Homeric Mimesis
JF Neotestamentica
VO 53
IS 3
SP 491
OP 515
A1 Zeichmann, Christopher B.
LA English
PB NTWSA
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1691202053
AB Dennis R. MacDonald has published numerous books and articles arguing that narrative literature of the New Testament imitates Graeco-Roman epic by reinterpreting and reframing important episodes of the Homeric cycle with figures of early Christianity. Reaction to his work has been largely negative, as commentators commonly object that the Jewish Scriptures were more probable conversation partners for early Christian writers than Homer. The present article suggests that both MacDonald and his detractors may benefit from comparing Homeric imitation in Josephus's Life with purported Homeric imitation in Luke-Acts. 1
K1 Bible. New Testament
K1 Homer
K1 JOSEPHUS, Flavius, ca. 37-ca. 100
K1 Josephus
K1 Luke-Acts
K1 MACDONALD, Dennis R
K1 Imitatio
K1 Mimesis
K1 shipwreck narratives
DO 10.1353/neo.2019.0038