What happens to Jesus when his story and ministry are told in narratives and lines lifted from Homer's epics? Empress Eudocia told the Jesus Story in this way, and provided through this a genuinely interesting, prolific, and special piece of...
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What happens to Jesus when his story and ministry are told in narratives and lines lifted from Homer's epics? Empress Eudocia told the Jesus Story in this way, and provided through this a genuinely interesting, prolific, and special piece of theological work. Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- A Homeric Gospel -- A Divine Plan Is Conceived -- A Reader's Guide: Chapters 19 - 22 -- A Ministry That Is a Sign -- Homeric Banquets and Feasting in the Sign-Miracle Cycle -- Homeward Bound in the Sign-Miracle Cycle -- Recognizing the Divine and Finding a Groom in the Sign-Miracle Cycle -- Taking on Death/Hades in the Sign-Miracle Cycle -- Feast and Eucharist in the Passion Story -- The Battle: Overthrowing Hades in the Passion Story -- "The Man Who Wrought Much Evil, Beyond the Others Together": Judas -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
