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Hardback. Condition: New. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and deserves intensive study, bearing as it does on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. The papers range from the Old Testament to the Arab world, from the New Testament to the Lives of Saints, from the classic Greek and Roman biographers to less well known practitioners of the art. …

Condition: New. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and bears on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. Editor(s): McGing, B.; Mossman, Judith. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 928. . 2006. Hardcover. . . . .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2006 Classical Press of Wales hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Contents: 1 Biography in the ancient world: the story of the rise of David by Andrew D.H. Mayes; 2 The biographies of poets: the case of Solon by Elizabeth Irwin; 3 Reading the Gospels as biography by Richard A. Burridge; 4 Gospel and genre: some reservations by Mark Edwards; 5 Mark's Gospel and ancient biography by Sean Freyne; 6 The Acts of the Apostles as biography by Justin Taylor; 7 Cynic influence upon first-century Judaism and early Christianity? by John Moles; 8 Philo's adaptation of the Bible in his Life of Moses by Brian McGing; 9 Portrait of the Sophist as a young man by Ewen Bowie; 10 Holy and not so holy: on the interpretation of late antique biography by John Dillon; 11 Justice for Justus: a re-examination of Justus of Tiberias' role in Josephus' Autobiography by Zuleika Rodgers; 12 Sacred writing, sacred reading: the function of Aelius Aristides' self-presentation as author in the Sacred Tales by Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis; 13 Dreams of glory: Lucian as autobiographer by Noreen Humble and Keith Sidwell; 14 The Cynic and Christian lives of Lucian's Peregrinus by Jason Konig; 15 Breaking the bounds: writing about Julius Caesar by Christopher Pelling; 16 Travel writing, history, and biography by Judith Mossman; 17 'This in-between book': language, politics and genre in the Agricola by Tim Whitmarsh; 18 Biography in letters; biography and letters by Michael Trapp; 19 Lords of the Flies: literacy and tyranny in imperial biography by Alexei V. Zadorojnyi; 20 Beyond the limits of Greek biography: Galen from Alexandria to the Arabs by Simon Swain.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and deserves intensive study, bearing as it does on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. The papers range from the Old Testament to the Arab world, from the New Testament to the Lives of Saints, from the classic Greek and Roman biographers to less well known practitioners of the art. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and bears on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: New. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and bears on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. Editor(s): McGing, B.; Mossman, Judith. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 928. . 2006. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and deserves intensive study, bearing as it does on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. The papers range from the Old Testament to the Arab world, from the New Testament to the Lives of Saints, from the classic Greek and Roman biographers to less well known practitioners of the art. …

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and deserves intensive study, bearing as it does on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. The papers range from the Old Testament to the Arab world, from the New Testament to the Lives of Saints, from the classic Greek and Roman biographers to less well known practitioners of the art. The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and bears on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…