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  • 4 - Redescribing Early Christian Literature

  • Robyn Faith Walsh
  • Book:
    The Origins of Early Christian Literature
    Published online:
    23 January 2021
    Print publication:
    28 January 2021, pp 134-169

  • Summary

    Having demonstrated a more plausible social context for the gospel writers in the previous chapter, Chapter 4 establishes how many of the features of the gospels traditionally associated with their exceptionalism – for example, anonymity or consulting eyewitnesses – can be understood as evidence of rhetorical strategy and literary influence. By comparing the Synoptic gospels to the Satyrica, in particular, we see how these writings were in dialogue with the literary interests of the age in subjects like funerary meals, crucifixion, resurrection, and so forth.