| Edition |
Revised and enlarged edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 298 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Isocrates. Evagoras. The Birth of Plato (1). Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1-2, 45. The Birth of Plato (2). Origen, Against Celsus I.37. The Birth of Alexander the Great. Plutarch, Parallel Lives, Alexander 2.1-3.2. The Birth of Augustus. Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars II. 94.1-7. The Birth and Childhood of Pythagoras. Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras, 3-10. The Birth of Herakles. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.9.1-10. Aesop's Fables. Rabbinic Parables. Sayings of Thales, Aristippos, and Aristotle. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.35-37; 2.68-81; 5.17-18. Sayings of Alexander and Others. Alexander the Great (Plutarch. Morals 179D-181F). Epictetus. Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 3.22.1 ff. Two Stories from Epictetus. Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 1.2.19-29. Asklepios. The Epidauros Inscriptions. Pythagoras. Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras, 36, 60-61, 134-36. Vespasian. Tacitus, Histories 4.81. A Syrian Exorcist. Lucian, The Lover of Lies 16 -- Chanina ben Dosa. A Jewish Boy Calms the Sea. The Rabbis Reject Miracles. The Murder of Julius Caesar. Virgil, Georgics 1.463-468. Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars 1.88-89. Plutarch, Caesar 69.3-5. The Wine Miracle of Dionysos. Pausanius, Description of Greece 6.26.1f. The Salvation of Lucius. Apuleius, Metamorphoses II. The Messianic Banquet at Qumran. The Scroll of the Rule (The Rule Annexe [IQSa 11-22]). 2 Esdras 11; 13. A Roman "Messianic" Prophecy. Virgil, Eclogue IV. The Footsteps of the Messiah. Mishnah, Sotah 9:15. Zeno. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.26. Eleazar. 4 Maccabees 5:1-6:28. Rabbi Akiba. Romulus. Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.805-851. Ovid, Fasti 2.481-509. Livy, Book 1.16. The Dream of Scipio. Cicero, The Republic 6.9-26. Apotheosis of Antinous. Hadrian's Memorial to Antinous. Dio Cassius, Roman History 69.11.2. Pausanius, Description of Greece 8.9.7-8. Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 4.8.2. Justin Martyr, Apology 1.29. Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 4 -- Herakles. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.38.3-5; 39.1-2 -- pt. 3. Greek and Jewish "Gospels" The Life of Apollonios of Tyana. Flavius Philostratus. Polmandres. The Hermetic Tractates. The Life of Moses. Philo of Alexandrid. Alexander the False Prophet. Lucian of Samosata. Ovid. Metamorphoses (selections). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Bible. Gospels -- Extra-canonical parallels.
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Rome -- Religion.
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| Added Author |
Cartlidge, David R.
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Dungan, David L.
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| ISBN |
0800628098 alkaline paper $16.00 |
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