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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      27 August 2020
      17 September 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108860024
      9781108494823
      9781108797023
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108860024
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.609kg, 326 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.48kg, 326 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature
      Series:
      Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature
    Series:
    Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Book description

    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.

    Reviews

    ‘A playful book, brimming with merriment in its stories and curiosities .’

    Kate Cooper Source: The Times Literary Supplement

    ‘This interesting, expertly written, and provocative volume investigates late antiquity through the lens of its various literary forms. In addition, it aims to trouble some of the customary scholarly understandings of late antiquity that are likewise rendered through the analysis of literary texts. … The volume astutely draws upon multiple genres, multiple literary traditions, and a wide range of texts from early to late antiquity, from Homer to the Babylonian Talmud, to indicate the cross-influence of literary form and political and social culture. One of its significant strengths is its detailed engagement with understudied and underappreciated ancient texts, which here become the ‘indices’ of cultural change.’

    Nina E. Livesey Source: Review of Biblical Literature

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