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Thomas R. Martin, History Book Club Review
"The fascination and importance of this book arises above all from its own purpose, but its dazzling insights have special value as well to the world in which controversy rages over rewritings of history. . . . Fiction as history is a timely and, as this wonderful book makes clear, timeless topic." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
New Testament Abstracts
"[Bowersock] uses pagan prose fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era to investigate the complex relations between 'historical' and 'fictional' truths. . . and concludes that even in late antiquity the great novelists appealed to Christians as much as to pagans." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"The fascination and importance of this book arises above all from its own purpose, but its dazzling insights have special value as well to the world in which controversy rages over rewritings of history. . . . Fiction as history is a timely and, as this wonderful book makes clear, timeless topic." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
New Testament Abstracts
"[Bowersock] uses pagan prose fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era to investigate the complex relations between 'historical' and 'fictional' truths. . . and concludes that even in late antiquity the great novelists appealed to Christians as much as to pagans." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 42 books | 50 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: extant novels, imperial fiction, ancient novel, secular scripture Key Phrases - CAPs: Achilles Tatius, Antonius Diogenes, Asia Minor, Trojan War, Marcus Aurelius (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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In the second century of our era, probably in the final decade of the reign of the philosophic emperor Marcus Aurelius (the years from 170 to 180), two very different Greek writers addressed a problem that conspicuously unsettled thoughtful people of the time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extant novels, imperial fiction, ancient novel, secular scripture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Achilles Tatius, Antonius Diogenes, Asia Minor, Trojan War, Marcus Aurelius, New Testament, Old Comedy, Dio Chrysostom, Jesus Christ, Collected Ancient Greek Novels, Contra Celsum, Alexander the Great, Last Supper, Dictys of Crete, Dio Prus, Philo of Byblos, Vera Hist, Aelius Aristides, Cassius Dio, Morton Smith, Ptolemy the Quail, True Discourse, Artemidorus of Daldis, Mary Magdalene, Northrop Frye New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
In the second century of our era, probably in the final decade of the reign of the philosophic emperor Marcus Aurelius (the years from 170 to 180), two very different Greek writers addressed a problem that conspicuously unsettled thoughtful people of the time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extant novels, imperial fiction, ancient novel, secular scripture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Achilles Tatius, Antonius Diogenes, Asia Minor, Trojan War, Marcus Aurelius, New Testament, Old Comedy, Dio Chrysostom, Jesus Christ, Collected Ancient Greek Novels, Contra Celsum, Alexander the Great, Last Supper, Dictys of Crete, Dio Prus, Philo of Byblos, Vera Hist, Aelius Aristides, Cassius Dio, Morton Smith, Ptolemy the Quail, True Discourse, Artemidorus of Daldis, Mary Magdalene, Northrop Frye New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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