| Description |
ix, 317 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SBL symposium series ; no. 6 |
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Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Invention of fiction / David Konstan -- Spectrum of narrative: authority of the author / Gareth Schmeling -- Pleasurable reading or symbols of power: religious themes and social context in chariton / Douglas R. Edwards -- Focalization in Xenophon of Ephesos' Ephesiaka / Kathryn Chew -- Setting the stage for romances: Xenophon of Ephesus and the ecphrasis / Chris Shea -- |
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Nihilist fabula: introducing the Life of Aesop / Richard I. Pervo -- Why New Testament scholars should read ancient novels / Ronald F. Hock -- Secrecy and recognitions in the Odyssey and Mark: where Wrede went wrong / Dennis R. MacDonald -- Creating plot in episodic narratives: The life of Aesop and the gospel of Mark / Whitney Shiner -- Conceiving the narrative: colors in Achilles Tatius and the gospel of Mark / Charles W. Hedrick -- |
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Divine birth and apparent parents: the plot of the fourth gospel / Jo-Ann Brant -- Divine prognostications and the movement of story: an intertextual exploration of Xenophon's Ephesian tale and the Acts of the Apostles / J. Bradley Chance -- "Better to marry than to burn": St. Paul and the Greek novel / Loveday Alexander -- Reversing romance: The acts of Thecla and the ancient novel / Melissa Aubin -- |
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Stories without texts and without authors: the problem of fluidity in ancient novelistic texts and early Christian literature / Christine M. Thomas. |
| Subject |
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Greek literature -- Relation to the New Testament.
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Greek fiction.
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Narration in the Bible.
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Christian literature, Early -- Greek authors.
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| Added Author |
Hock, Ronald F., 1944-
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Chance, J. Bradley.
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Perkins, Judith, 1944-
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| ISBN |
0788504312 |
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