Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels: Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor

by Scott McGill

Book Overview

Juvencus' Evangeliorum libri IV, or "The Four Books of the Gospels," is a verse rendering of the gospel narrative written ca. 330 CE. Consisting of around 3200 hexameter lines, it is the first of the Latin "Biblical epics" to appear in antiquity, and the first classicizing, hexameter poem on a Christian topic to appear in the western tradition. As such, it is an important text in literary and cultural history.

This is the first English...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415635837
• ISBN13: 9780415635837
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"