Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels - Scott McGill

Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels

Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
308 Seiten
2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-5269-3 (ISBN)
46,10 inkl. MwSt
Juvencus’ Evangeliorum libri IV, or "The Four Books of the Gospels," is a verse rendering of the gospel narrative written ca. 330 CE. Consisting of around 3200 hexameter lines, it is the first of the Latin "Biblical epics" to appear in antiquity, and the first classicizing, hexameter poem on a Christian topic to appear in the western tradition. As such, it is an important text in literary and cultural history.

This is the first English translation of the entire poem. The lack of a full English translation has kept many scholars and students, particularly those outside of Classics, and many educated general readers from discovering it. With a thorough introduction to aid in the interpretation and appreciation of the text this clear and accessible English translation will enable a clearer understanding of the importance of Juvencus’ work to later Latin poetry and to the early Church.

Scott McGill is professor of Classics at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is the author of Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Centos in Antiquity (Oxford, 2005) and Plagiarism in Latin Literature (Cambridge, 2012). He is also a co-editor of From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians: Later Roman History and Culture, 284-450 CE (Cambridge, 2010) and Classics Renewed: Reception and Innovation in the Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity (Winter, 2016).

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Preface and Book One

Book Two

Book Three

Book Four

Notes to Book One

Notes to Book Two

Notes to Book Three

Notes to Book Four

Bibliography

Index locorum

General Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Later Latin Poetry
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10 0-8153-5269-7 / 0815352697
ISBN-13 978-0-8153-5269-3 / 9780815352693
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