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Yet another heroic scholarly feat from Dennis MacDonald! As the fourth major contribution to Mimesis Criticism in as many years, with this book MacDonald solidifies his standing as the world's foremost pioneer and leading scholar on the imitation of Homer and Vergil within the Gospels and Acts. Many of the imitations detailed here have never before appeared in scholarship. Even those mentioned previously in MacDonald's earlier works find far richer explanations and quotations here. Classicists, New Testament scholars, and anyone curious about the foundations of earliest Christianity will find just how deeply they rest on the bedrock of Greco-Roman epic and myth. -- Mark G. Bilby, California State University, Fullerton

Yet another heroic scholarly feat from Dennis R. MacDonald! With this book, his fourth major contribution to mimesis criticism in many years, MacDonald solidifies his standing as the world's foremost pioneer and leading scholar on the imitation of Homer and Virgil within the Gospels and Acts. Many of the imitations detailed here have never before appeared in scholarship. Even those mentioned previously in MacDonald's earlier works find far richer explanations and quotations in this book. Classicists, New Testament scholars, and anyone curious about the foundations of early Christianity will find just how deeply they rest on the bedrock of Greco-Roman epic and myth. -- Mark G. Bilby, California State University, Fullerton

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Dennis R. MacDonald has taught New Testament and Christian origins at Goshen College, Iliff School of Theology, and the Claremont School of Theology.

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