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Luke and the Politics of Homeric Imitation

- Luke-Acts as Rival to the Aeneid

About Luke and the Politics of Homeric Imitation

In this book MacDonald guides his reader through Luke-Acts from beginning to end to identify and interpret the author's imitations of classical Greek poetry, arguing that Luke's two-volume work was a prose epic to provide his readers with a foundation myth for the new social reality that the Christian Church had become.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781978701380
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 278
  • Published:
  • October 24, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 236x161x20 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 562 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 25, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Luke and the Politics of Homeric Imitation

In this book MacDonald guides his reader through Luke-Acts from beginning to end to identify and interpret the author's imitations of classical Greek poetry, arguing that Luke's two-volume work was a prose epic to provide his readers with a foundation myth for the new social reality that the Christian Church had become.

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