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Luke and Vergil : imitations of classical Greek literature
Title
Luke and Vergil : imitations of classical Greek literature / Dennis R. MacDonald.
ISBN
9781442230545
1442230541
9781442230552
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Physical Description
xii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 03, 2015
Series
New Testament and Greek Literature ; volume 2
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Vergil and the Gospels
Luke's Access to the Aeneid
Luke's Politics of Imitation
About This Book
Introduction to Part One
The Popularity of Euripides' Bacchae
Did Luke Know the Bacchae?
Mimesis Criticism
A Test Case: A Miraculous Catch of Fish
Bacchae 1-166. Divine Madness
Women Followers of Jesus (Luke 8:1-3)
Pentecost (Acts 2:1-11)
Excursus 1. Homeric Hymn to Apollo
Xenolalia at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-11)
Lydia from Lydia (Acts 16:13-24)
Bacchae 167-214. The God's Male Devotees
A Dancing Old Cripple (Acts 3:1-10)
Bacchae 215-431. Theomachos
Accusation of Drunkenness (Acts 2:12-13)
Peter's Defense of Xenolalia (Acts 2:14-40)
Killers of the Child of God (Acts 3:11-26)
Religious Rulers as Theomachoi (Acts 4:1-7)
"One Must Obey God Rather Than Mortals" (Acts 4:13-14 and 5:29)
Gamaliel's Warning (Acts 5:33-39)
Bacchae 432-518. Arrest, Interrogation, and Prison Break
Apostles' Prison Break (Acts 5:17-32)
Bacchae 519-801. Prayer, Earthquake, and Prison Break
Prayer and Earthquake (Acts 4:24-31)
Saul the Theomachos (Acts 8:1-3 and 9:1-2)
Paul's Prison Break (Acts 16:16-40)
Excursus 2: Pindar Pythian Ode 4
Jason of Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9)
Bacchae 802-1392. Punishing the Theomachos
Zacchaeus Up a Tree (Luke 19:1-10)
Saul's Encounter with Jesus (Acts 9:3-19a)
Elymas and Sergius Paulus (Acts 13:6-12)
Conclusion to Part One
Introduction to Part Two
Plato Republic 416D-417A. Socrates' Utopia
All Things in Common in Jerusalem (Acts 2:41-47 and 3:1-10)
Plato Republic 462C-464C. Socrates' Utopia, Again
All Things in Common in Jerusalem, Again (Acts 4:32-37)
Plato Apology 17A-24C. Socrates' Crimes and Accusers
Jesus' Crimes and Accusers (Luke 23:2)
Paul's Speech in Athens (Acts 17:16-34)
Xenophon Apology and Memorabilia. Socrates' Innocence
Pilate Declares Jesus Innocent (Luke 23:3-25)
Paul Circumcises Timothy (Acts 16:1-5)
Paul's Teaching in Ephesus (Acts 19:8-10)
Riot at Ephesus (Acts 19:23-20:1)
Plato Apology 24D-42A and Crito. Socrates' Defense
Paul's Thwarting Spirit (Acts 16:6-8)
Paul's Apology before the Sanhedrin (Acts 22:22-23:11)
Excursus 3: Aeschylus Seven against Thebes
The Death Pact to Kill Paul (Acts 23)
Paul's Apology before Felix (Acts 24:1-23)
Paul's Refusal of a Bribe (Acts 24:24-27)
Paul's Apology before Festus and Agrippa (Acts 25:1-26:32)
Plato Phaedo. Socrates' Death
The Last Supper (Luke 22:15-38)
Gethsemane and Arrest (Luke 22:39-53)
Jesus Forgives His Executioners (Luke 23:33-34)
Promise of Paradise (Luke 23:40-43)
Death of Jesus (Luke 23:44-49)
Paul under House Arrest (Acts 28:16-31)
Conclusion to Part Two
Excursus 4: From the Dionysian to the Apollonian in Luke-Acts
Introduction to Part Three
Aeneid 1.1-147. Juno's Rage and Aeolus's Winds (Od. 5.268-473 and 10.1-75)
Jesus Calming the Sea and Odysseus's Shipwreck (Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25, and Acts 27:13-44)
Aeneid 1.157-222. Trojans Survive the Shipwreck (Od. 5.474-493 and 6.177-245)
Paul Survives the Shipwreck (Acts 27:44b-28:3)
Aeneid 1.227-259. Jupiter's Promise to Venus (IL 20.297-308)
Excursus 5. The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
God's Promises to Zechariah and Mary (Luke 1)
Aeneid 1.257-296. Aeneas's Coming Rule and Ascension (11. 20.203-241)
Jesus' Coming Rule (Luke 1:5-38 and 2:8-15)
Aeneid 1.305-497. Aeneas's Untriumphal Entry into Carthage (Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and Od. 6.251-7.135)
Jesus' Untriumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Mark 11:1-14 and Luke 19:28-40)
Aeneid 1.588-613. Aeneas's Transfiguration (Od. 16.172-303)
Jesus' Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-9 and Luke 9:28-36)
Aeneid 2.199-227. Portent of Serpents (Il. 2.301-335)
Portent of Birds and Reptiles (Acts 10:9-23)
Aeneid 2.647-794. Aeneas's Farewell to Creusa (Il. 6.369-502)
Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders and Jesus' Resurrection Body (Acts 20:18-38 and Luke 24:37-40)
Aeneid 3.1-279 and Often. Aeneas's We-Voyages (Od. 9.37-42)
Paul's We-Voyages (Acts 16:9-12 and Often)
Aeneid 3.294-380. Andromache Mourns Hector (Il. 6.369-502)
Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders, Again (Acts 20:18-38)
Aeneid 3.374-462. Helenus's Prophecy That Aeneas Must Go to Rome (Od. 12.37-110)
Jesus' Prophecy That Paul Must Go to Rome (Acts 23:11)
Aeneid 3.569-691. Polyphemus (Od. 9.105-542)
The Demoniac from the Caves (Mark 5:1-20 and Luke 8:26-39)
Aeneid 4.238-594. Aeneas's Escape from Dido (Il. 24.677-718)
Peter's Escape from Prison (Acts 12:1-17)
Aeneid 5.84-103. Portent of the Serpent (Il. 2.301-335)
The Portent of Birds and Reptiles, Again (Acts 10:9-23)
Aeneid 5.835-871. Death of Palinurus (Od. 10.467-574)
Death of Eutychus (Acts 20:7-12)
Aeneid 6.156-371. Ghosts of Misenus and Palinurus (Od. 10.551-574)
Reviving of Eutychus (Acts 20:7-12; cf. Mark 14:50-52)
Aeneid 6.495-512. Murder of Deiphobos (Od. 11.387-411)
Murder of John the Baptist (Mark 6:14-29)
Aeneid 6.603-611. Tantalus's Torments (Od. 11.582-592)
The Rich Man in Hades (Luke 16:19-31)
Aeneid 6.679-901. The Ghost of Anchises (Od. 11.90-151)
Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52 and Luke 18:35-43)
Aeneid 7.10-20. Circe (Od. 10.203-399)
Jesus Turns Legion into Swine (Mark 5:1-20 and Luke 8:26-39)
Aeneid 7.385-405. Amata's Madness (Bacchae)
Divine Madness in Jerusalem (Acts 2)
Aeneid 7.408-432. Allecto and Turnus's Malevolent Dream (Il. 2.1-33)
Cornelius's Vision (Acts 10:1-48)
Aeneid 8.90-305. Feast of Evander (Od. 3.1-67 and 4.141-145)
Feeding of the Five Thousand (Mark 6:30-44 and Luke 9:10-17)
Aeneid 9.224-449. Trojan Council (Il. 9.9-188)
Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:1-35)
Aeneid 9.473-502. Mourning of Euryalus's Mother (Il. 22.405-515)
Women at the Cross (Mark 15:40-41 and Luke 23:49)
Aeneid 9.656-661. Apollo Flies from Ascanius (Od. 1.319-323)
The Holy Spirit Like a Dove (Mark 1:9-11 and Luke 3:21-22)
Aeneid 10.270-275. Aeneas's Shining Helmet (Il. 18.205-206)
Stephen's Radiant Head (Acts 6:9-15)
Aeneid 11.34-38 and 142-147. Lamentations for Fallen Pallas (Il. 24.709-712)
Women at Jesus' Tomb (Mark 15:40-41)
Aeneid 12.54-63. Amata Weeps for Turnus Not to Fight Aeneas (Il. 22.79-92)
Jesus and the Daughters of Jerusalem (Luke 23:27-31)
Aeneid 12.385-429. Aeneas's Hemorrhaging Wound (Il. 16.433-683)
Jesus Heals a Hemorrhaging Woman (Mark 5:21-43 and Luke 8:40-56)
Aeneid 12.430-443. Aeneas's Prayer for Ascanius (Il. 6.466-481)
Symeon's Prayer for Jesus and Paul's Prayer for the Elders (Luke 2:21-38 and Acts 20:32-38)
Aeneid 12.725-952. Death of Turnus (Il. 22.289-363)
Death of Jesus (Mark 15:33-38 and Luke 23:44-48)
Excursus 6. The Ascensions of Aeneas, Romulus, and Jesus
Conclusion to Part Three: Luke's Aeneid.
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