Gnostic Biblical and Second Sophistic Homeric Interpretation
Gnostic biblical interpretation closely resembles, from a formal perspective, Second Sophistic interpretation of Homeric Epic, which no less than the Bible constituted canonical scripture in late antiquity. This becomes apparent when one compares rewritings of Homer in Philostratus’ Heroicus and in...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Exegesis
/ Gnosis
/ Homer ca. 8 BC. Jh.
/ Interpretation of
/ Second Sophistic
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| RelBib Classification: | BF Gnosticism CD Christianity and Culture HA Bible KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Gnostic Biblical interpretation
Second Sophistic Homeric interpretation
Dio Chrysostom
Trojan Oration
Philostratus
Heroicus
progymnasmata
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| Summary: | Gnostic biblical interpretation closely resembles, from a formal perspective, Second Sophistic interpretation of Homeric Epic, which no less than the Bible constituted canonical scripture in late antiquity. This becomes apparent when one compares rewritings of Homer in Philostratus’ Heroicus and in Dio Chrysostom’s Trojan Oration to biblical revision in the Secret Book of John, the Nature of the Rulers, and On the Origin of the World. This essay accounts for this resemblance with reference to ancient rhetorical textbooks and model compositional exercises (progymnasmata), which treat a rhetorical tactic identified as ἀνασκευὴ (“refutation”). It also ponders the implications and interpretive possibilities of joint analysis of these two bodies of late antique scriptural revision. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2018-0029 |