Vergil and the Trinity

This volume reveals how some Christian authors used the poetry of Vergil to explain important aspects of the three persons of the trinity, shedding new light on the attitudes of early Christians towards non-Christian texts.

Autorentext

Thomas W. Dilbeck is a professor in the Biblical Studies department at Florida College, USA. His recent publications include "The Speech of Anchises and Arguments for Monotheism in Minucius Felix and Lactantius" and "Prepositional Metaphysics and Vergil in Jerome's Exegesis of Ephesians 4:6".

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Vergil's Aeneid: An Instant Classic Admired and Subverted; 2. Methodological Considerations; 3. Monotheistic Arguments in the Aeneid?; 4. The Birth of the Child: Eclogue 4 and Jesus; 5. The Spiritus of Vergil and the Holy Spirit; Conclusion.