Composite Citations in Antiquity - Volume One: Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and Early Christian Uses

Sean A. Adams and Seth M. Ehorn have drawn together an exciting range of contributors to evaluate the use of composite citations in Early Jewish, Greco-Roman, and Early Christian authors (up through Justin Martyr). The goal is to identify and describe the existence of this phenomenon in both Greco-Roman and Jewish literature. The introductory essay will help to provide some definitional parameters, although the study as a whole will seek to weigh in on this question. The contributors seek to address specific issues, such as whether the quoting author created the composite text or found it already constructed as such. The essays also cover an exploration of the rhetorical and/or literary impact of the quotation in its present textual location, and the question of whether the intended audiences would have recognised and ''reverse engineered'' the composite citation and as a result engage with the original context of each of the component parts.In addition to the specific studies, Professor Christopher Stanley provides a summary reflection on all of the essays in the volume along with some implications for New Testament studies.>

About the author

Sean A. Adams is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, UK.Seth M. Ehorn (PhD, University of Edinburgh, UK) currently teaches Greek language and linguistics in the department of Modern and Classical Languages at Wheaton College, USA. He has published articles in the Journal for Theological Studies, Currents in Biblical Research and is a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Biblical Reception.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Sean A. (University of Glasgow Adams, Sean A Adams, Sean A. Adams, Sean A. (University of Glasgow Adams, Sean A. Ehorn Adams, Seth M Ehorn
• Assisted by: Dr Sean A. (University of Glasgow Adams (Editor), Sean A. Adams (Editor), Sean A. (University of Glasgow Adams (Editor), Prof Seth M. (Wheaton College Ehorn (Editor), Seth M. Ehorn (Editor), Seth M. (Wheaton College Ehorn (Editor), Chris Keith (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2015
• EAN: 9780567657978
• ISBN: 978-0-567-65797-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The Library of New Testament Studies; Library of New Testament Studi; Library of New Testament Studi; Criminal Practice Series; The Library of New Testament Studies; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity