Background
Nodes, Daniel Joseph was born on November 1, 1951 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Kenneth and Mary Caroline Nodes.
(Up to the eighteenth century, the Latin biblical epic poe...)
Up to the eighteenth century, the Latin biblical epic poets of late antiquity were much read, and were influential on various strands within European poetry. Milton's Paradise Lost is the culmination of the English branch of the tradition. Renewed scholarly interest in the literature of the late Roman period has included a revaluation of its biblical poetry. But attention has been concentrated on the rhetorical skill of the writers; in terms of content it is still often assumed that biblical epic is a straightforward rendering of the bible narrative. Doctrine and Exegesis in Biblical Latin Poetry throws light on an important but under-explored aspect of the content of these works. In a thorough study of how two areas of doctrine significant in late antiquity - the nature of God, and the theory of creation - are represented in the biblical epics, Daniel Nodes shows that the poets were actively commenting on, and propagating particular views of, the vital doctrinal issues of their time. The writers represented in this volume range in time from the fourth to the sixth centuries: the female poet Proba (whose Virgilian Cento is one of the earliest examples of biblical epic), Cyprianus Gallus, Hilarius poeta , Claudius Marius Victorius, the north-African Dracontius, and Avitus, Bishop of Vienne. The author draws on the works of the Church Fathers, both Greek and Latin, and on Jewish exegetical writings. The book should interest students of later Latin literature, church history, and theology and exegesis.
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Nodes, Daniel Joseph was born on November 1, 1951 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Kenneth and Mary Caroline Nodes.
Bachelor, St. Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1969—1974. Master of Arts, University New Hampshire, Durham, 1974—1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1977—1982.
Professor, classics, dean of studies Conception Seminary College, Missouri, 1987—1996. Professor, director, graduate liberal studies Hamline University, St. Paul, 1996—2001. Associate professor, chairman, modern and classical languages Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, 2001—2004.
Associate professor classics and early Christian literature Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida, 2004—2007, professor, since 2007. Member committee on classical tradition American Philological Association, 2006—2009. Panelist National Endowment of the Humanities, Washington, 1997—2001.
Vice president, American Association of University Professors Hamline University, St. Paul, 1997—2000.
(Up to the eighteenth century, the Latin biblical epic poe...)
Fellow U. Toronto, 1977-1981, Byzantine Studies Institute National Endowment for Humanities, 1984, National Endowment for Humanities, 1995-1996. Member North America Patristic Society, Medieval Academy American, Philological Association Pacific Coast, Law and Humanities Institute, Renaissance Society American, American History Association.
Married Patricia Anne Thompson, November 18, 1972. Children: Jennifer, Daniel Joseph.