Lords of the Scrolls: Literary Traditions in the Bible and Gospels

by Donald K. Sharpes

Lords of the Scrolls analyzes ancient literary sources to show how biblical and gospel scribes borrowed and imitated themes from earlier literature to create heroic legends around Hebrew figures and Jesus. Comparisons between the Epic of Gilgamesh; Enuma Elish; Canaanite, Egyptian, and Greek legends; Homeric epics; the histories of Herodotus; and selected biblical and gospel passages reveal thematic and literary similarities. Tracing literary classics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820478490
• ISBN13: 9780820478494
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 394 Pages