Preposterous poetics: the politics and aesthetics of form in late antiquity

"How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book changes our unders...

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Main Author: Goldhill, Simon 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2020
Series:Greek culture in the Roman world
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book changes our understanding of late antiquity and how its literary productions make a significant contribution to the cultural changes that have shaped western Europe"--
Physical Description:xxiii, 300 Seiten
ISBN:9781108494823
9781108797023

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