The essays in this volume examine the relationship between ancient
fiction in the Greco-Roman world and early Jewish and Christian
narratives. They consider how those narratives imitated or
exploited conventions of fiction to produce forms of literature
that expressed new ideas or shaped community identity within the
shifting social and political climates of their own societies.
Major authors and texts surveyed include Chariton, Shakespeare,
Homer, Vergil, Plato, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Daniel, 3 Maccabees, the
Testament of Abraham, rabbinic midrash, the Apocryphal Acts,
Ezekiel the Tragedian, and the Sophist Aelian. This diverse
collection reveals and examines prevalent issues and syntheses in
the making: the pervasive use and subversive power of imitation,
the distinction between fiction and history, and the use of history
in the expression of identity. The contributors are Jo-Ann A.
Brant, J. R. C. Cousland, Ruben Rene Dupertuis, Noah Hacham,
Gerhard van den Heever, Ronald F. Hock, Tawny L. Holm, Sara R.
Johnson, Jared W. Ludlow, Dennis R. MacDonald, Chaim Milikowsky,
Judith B. Perkins, Richard I. Pervo, Gareth Schmeling, and Chris
Shea. "Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical
Literature (www.sbl-site.org)"
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