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A Theory of Comparison Get access

M. David Litwa
in How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Published: 06 August 2019
..., Philostratus, and Iamblichus. comparativists similarities contextualization cultural interaction dynamic evangelists anonymity of mimesis criticism Old Testament past reconstructions of socialization texts MacDonald Dennis R analogy mimesis and density mimesis and emulation mimesis and Homer...
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Miracles Get access

M. David Litwa
in How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Published: 06 August 2019
... daimons and Philostratus biographies healings Serapis Vespasian mythos mythoi Tacitus dead raising of Dio Cassius resuscitations culture mythic historiography ontological expectations Boyer Pascal Seneca Heracles Apollonius of Tyana Vespasian Dioscuri Philostratus Orpheus Miracle...
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Eye Witnesses Get access

M. David Litwa
in How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Published: 06 August 2019
...This chapter introduces the idea of an eyewitness as a literary device of authentication. It compares the use of such an eyewitness in the fourth gospel and other contemporary literature (namely the Life of Apollonius by Philostratus and the Diary of the Trojan War...