Avit de Vienne: Histoire spirituelle, Tome II: (Chants IV–V). Edited by Nicole Hecquet-Noti. Pp. 254. (Sources Chrétiennes, 492.) Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 2005. isbn 2 204 07925 1. Paper €27
I wrote a favourable review in this journal (51 [2000], pp. 744–5) of the first volume of Hecquet-Noti's edition and translation of Avitus’ De Spiritalis Historiae Gestis, and there is no need to repeat here the general remarks made there. Books 4 and 5 complete the poem by describing the Flood...
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 331-333 |
| Review of: | Histoire spirituelle ; 2: (Chants IV - V) (Paris : Ed. du Cerf, 2005) (Winterbottom, Michael)
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| Summary: | I wrote a favourable review in this journal (51 [2000], pp. 744–5) of the first volume of Hecquet-Noti's edition and translation of Avitus’ De Spiritalis Historiae Gestis, and there is no need to repeat here the general remarks made there. Books 4 and 5 complete the poem by describing the Flood (largely on the basis of Gen. 6–9) and the crossing of the Red Sea (Exod. 5–14), topics that well suit Avitus’ interest in producing a Christian epic poem indebted to classical models. Particularly intriguing is Avitus’ use of the contrast between ‘lying’ pagan myth and the truth of the Bible, which enables him to introduce classical allusions while at the same time undermining their credibility. To Hecquet-Noti's instances (see e.g. pp. 21, 91, 97), add 4. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj061 |