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Cover illustrations: Hanging with Christian Images, Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century, Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1982.73,
Saint John the Apostle. Detail from the icon of Saint Peter the Apostle, 6th century. The Sinai Icon Collection, accessed June 24, 2020,
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Names: Ypsilanti, Maria, author. | Franco, Laura, author.
Title: Nonnus' paraphrase between poetry, rhetoric and theology : rewriting the fourth gospel in the fifth century / by Maria Ypsilanti, Laura Franco ; with the collaboration of Filip Doroszewski, Claudia Greco.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Mnemosyne supplements, 2214-5621 ; 436 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Work in English with sections of the original Greek with English translation.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020041292 (print) | LCCN 2020041293 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004373419 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004439061 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Nonnus, of Panopolis. Paraphrase of St. John's Gospel. | Bible. JohnâParaphrasesâHistory and criticism.
Classification: LCC BS2617.N663 Y65 2020 (print) | LCC BS2617.N663 (ebook) | DDC 226.5/04âdc23
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ISSN 2214-5621
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