Lords of the Scrolls : Literary Traditions in the Bible and Gospels

by Donald K. Sharpes

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 0820478490

ISBN-13 9780820478494

Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 28th, 2005

Print length 394 Pages

Weight 820 grams

Dimensions 16.30 x 23.60 x 3.10 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval The Early Church

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Lords of the Scrolls analyzes ancient literary sources to show how biblical and gospel scribes borrowed and imitated themes from earlier literature to create heroic legends around Hebrew figures and Jesus. Comparisons between the Epic of Gilgamesh; Enuma Elish; Canaanite, Egyptian, and Greek legends; Homeric epics; the histories of Herodotus; and selected biblical and gospel passages reveal thematic and literary similarities. Tracing literary classics from the birth of writing to the first millennium of the modern era, this book demonstrates that Hebrew scribes used previous literature to establish a national identity, and that gospel scribes borrowed heavily from Homer to create epic legends around the person of Jesus.

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