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Ancient fiction and early Christian narrative

Title: Ancient fiction and early Christian narrative / Ronald F. Hock, J. Bradley Chance, Judith Perkins, editors.
Publication: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, c1998.

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Description

ix, 317 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

SBL symposium series ; no. 6

Uniform Title

Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 6.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

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 --
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 --
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 --
Stories without texts and without authors: the problem of fluidity in ancient novelistic texts and early Christian literature / Christine M. Thomas.

Call Number

JFE 99-2099

ISBN

0788504312

LCCN

97049245

OCLC

38010718

Title

Ancient fiction and early Christian narrative / Ronald F. Hock, J. Bradley Chance, Judith Perkins, editors.

Imprint

Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, c1998.

Series

SBL symposium series ; no. 6

Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 6.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Hock, Ronald F., 1944-

Chance, J. Bradley.

Perkins, Judith, 1944-

Research Call Number

JFE 99-2099