From smason@yorku.ca Thu Feb 1 08:16:35 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id IAA120572 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:16:33 -0800 Received: from mail.rdc2.on.home.com (ha1.rdc2.on.home.com [24.9.0.15]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA05145 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:16:32 -0800 Received: from [10.0.1.33] ([24.65.71.85]) by mail.rdc2.on.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with ESMTP id <20010201161628.YHKQ12782.mail.rdc2.on.home.com@[10.0.1.33]> for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:16:28 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: smason@postoffice.yorku.ca Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <00ed01c08a71$2baefe00$15049e8d@janicesi> <3A7854F4.A729B2E2@jet.es> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 11:15:49 -0500 To: classics@u.washington.edu From: Steve Mason Subject: Re: Classical/Biblical parallels Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Withholding comment on Sarah's state of mind, I should nonetheless mention that quite a bit of work has been done on Greek-biblical, partly as a function of Greek-Near Eastern, parallels. The best general resource I know is K C Hanson's page entitled "Parallels and Connections Between the Hellenic, Semitic, and Anatolian Cultures" at http://www.stolaf.edu/people/kchanson/anegreek.html, which offers a substantial bibliography, even in the section covering 1970-97. See, for example, Dutch scholar Jan-Wim Wesselius's suggestive "Analysis, Imitation and Emulation of Classical Texts in the Hebrew Bible." Dutch Studies-Nell 2.1 (1996):43-68. His provocative essay "Herodotus, Father of History?" is downloadable from http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/nepage.htm. Wesselius mentions the other important attempts to situate biblical historiography within the classical context (John van Seters, Sara Mandell and D N Freedman; relevant also is B Halpern, The First Historians), but W. argues for a genetic relationship. HTH, ____________________ Steve Mason, Professor of Humanities (Classics, Religious Studies, and Graduate History) 219 Vanier College, York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada smason@yorku.ca; 416-736-2100 x66987; fax 416-736-5460 http://www.yorku.ca/smason .