Dionysus as Jesus: The Incongruity of a Love Feast in Achilles Tatius's Leucippe and Clitophon 2.2

A relationship between Achilles Tatius and Christianity has been imagined from at least as early as the tenth century when the Suda claimed that he had converted to Christianity and been ordained as a bishop. Modern scholarship has found this highly improbable; nevertheless, attempts to explore conn...

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Main Author: Friesen, Courtney J. P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2014, Volume: 107, Issue: 2, Pages: 222-240
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