Review of Friesen, Acting gods, playing heroes ...

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Acting gods, playing heroes, and the interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek drama in the early common era.

Courtney J. P. Friesen, Acting gods, playing heroes, and the interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek drama in the early common era. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2023. Pp. 180. ISBN 9781032491028.

Review by
Edward Creedy, King's College London. edward.creedy@kcl.ac.uk

In Acting Gods, Playing Heroes Courtney Friesen argues that the development of Jewish and Christian thought and practice in the early Common Era was heavily influenced by the diversity of dramatic performance and literary reproductions popular across the ancient world. ...

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