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...

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Main Author: Busch, Austin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2018
In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-217
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Exegesis / Gnosis / Homer ca. 8 BC. Jh. / Interpretation of / Second Sophistic
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
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)