Ancient Fiction and Early Christian NarrativeRonald F. Hock, J. Bradley Chance, Judith Perkins Classicists as well as Biblical scholars contribute to the annual conference sessions held since 1992, from which the 15 essays here have been selected and revised for publication. They focus mostly on Greek novels, but also other works of ancient fiction as they relate to the New Testament and to extra-canonical Christian narrative. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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David Konstan | 3 |
Authority of the Author | 19 |
Focalization in Xenophon of Ephesos Ephesiaka | 47 |
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Achilles Tatius Acts of Thecla Aesop Alexander Romance Ancient Fiction Ancient Greek Novels Ancient Novel ancient romances Ancient World Anthia Aphrodisias Aphrodite Apocryphal Acts Apollo appear argues Aseneth audience B. P. Reardon Callirhoe Callirhoe's Cambridge century Chaereas and Callirhoe characters Chariton chreia Clitophon Collected Ancient Greek color cultural death Diogenes Diogenes Laertius disciples divine early Christian ecphrasis Ephesiaka Ephesian Tale episodic narrative epitome Eros example fables father genre Gospel of Mark Greek Romance Habrocomes Hägg healing Hellenistic hero heroine Holzberg Homer interpretation Isis Jesus Jewish John Leucippe Leucippe and Clitophon literary literature Longus Luke Mark's marriage marry narrator novelistic Odysseus oracle parable parents Paul Paul's Perry Pervo philosophical plot Princeton prophecy reader reference rhetorical role Samaritan Schmeling sexual slave social Socrates story Testament Thecla tradition trans Tyche University Press words Xanthus Xenophon of Ephesus δὲ καὶ τοῦ φιλανθρωπία