Noah, Deucalion, and the New Testament

Jewish authors in the second Temple period, as well as early Christian authors after the New Testament, made apologetically-motivated connections between the biblical story of Noah and Gentile stories of the flood, including Greek stories involving deucalion — most notably Plato’s version. Analysis...

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主要作者: Collins, C. John (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Peeters 2012
In: Biblica
Year: 2012, 卷: 93, 發布: 3, Pages: 403-426
Further subjects:B Flood
B Noah
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總結:Jewish authors in the second Temple period, as well as early Christian authors after the New Testament, made apologetically-motivated connections between the biblical story of Noah and Gentile stories of the flood, including Greek stories involving deucalion — most notably Plato’s version. Analysis of the New Testament letters attributed to Peter indicates that these also allude to the Gentile flood stories, likely in order to enhance their readers’ sense of the reality of the biblical events.
ISSN:2385-2062
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica