elements, the chapter presents an analysis of the function of epithets, the occurrence of semi-formulaic speech introductions, the use of colourful descriptions of the passing of time, and the presence [...] reordered to tell the story of the Old Testament and (mainly) the Gospels. This part of the chapter, therefore, necessarily focuses on different parameters. It looks at the overall structure of the Homerocentones [...] (in the so-called ‘first redaction’), at the epic elements in the proem and at the way the centonist makes use of Homeric type-scenes (e.g. xenia and banquet) to give shape to similar scenes in the Gospels
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