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Child in Danger, Child of Wonder Get access

M. David Litwa
in How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Published: 06 August 2019
... gospel of Acrisius Danae Jesus Perseus Augustus Caesar Marathus Julius Suetonius Acca Larentia Amulius divine conception Josephus Julian family Moses Numitor Pharaoh Remus birth of Rhea Silvia Romulus Amram astrology Diodorus of Sicily Thermouthis credibility establishing...
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Empty Tombs and Translation Get access

M. David Litwa
in How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Published: 06 August 2019
..., as in the case of Alcmene (mother of Heracles). This chapter also discusses the trope of alternative reports, used in the stories of both Romulus and the Matthean Jesus. Jesus translation fable Achilles Apollonius of Tyana Ganymede heroes Homer Menelaus Philostratus Pindar Proteus Thetis Pausanias...
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Ascent Get access

M. David Litwa
in How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Published: 06 August 2019
...This chapter compares the cloud-borne ascent of Jesus in Luke with the similar ascent and deification of Romulus. Two strategies of increasing the realism of ascent stories were available to ancient writers: one could, like Cicero, argue for the historicality of bodily ascent because it occurred...