Apuleius and the new testament: Lucius' conversion experience.(Critical essay)

Ancient Narrative | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

We have reason to trust Apuleius. The picture which he draws us is very remarkable...His [Lucius'] devotion is the devotion of a man delivered from evil straits: it is an outpouring of love and gratitude. (1)

A.D. Nock's "trusting" of Apuleius in his chapter, "the Conversion of Lucius," is endowed with a sense of openness in taking him at face value which almost seems naive today given the doubting and second-guessing that has so revolutionized Apuleian scholarship in the last generation, (2) a revolution that, in particular, casts doubt today on the sincerity and ...

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