Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
A skeptic recently sent me a link to this article about an ancient novel, the Aithiopika (or Aaethiopica) of Heliodoros.
jstor.org/stable/25010772?read-now=1&seq=22#page_scan_tab_contents
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Here is a copy of the novel in translation (along with some other works). Find "THE ADVENTURES OF THEAGENES AND CHARICLEA" to read it.
gutenberg.org/files/55406/55406-h/55406-h.htm#HELIODORUS
Does the "realism" of this novel serve as a counterexample to claims I have made about the Gospels and Acts, the non-existence of what I have called "hyper-realistic" novels at the time of the Gospels, and the reportage genre? In a word, no. Watch to learn more! (And if I say so myself, for such a dusty subject, the summaries and readings I include later in the video of parts of the Athiopika are rather amusing!)
A skeptic recently sent me a link to this article about an ancient novel, the Aithiopika (or Aaethiopica) of Heliodoros.
jstor.org/stable/25010772?read-now=1&seq=22#page_scan_tab_contents
(If you are interested in the article, you can log into Jstor using your Google account and read it for free.)
Here is a copy of the novel in translation (along with some other works). Find "THE ADVENTURES OF THEAGENES AND CHARICLEA" to read it.
gutenberg.org/files/55406/55406-h/55406-h.htm#HELIODORUS
Does the "realism" of this novel serve as a counterexample to claims I have made about the Gospels and Acts, the non-existence of what I have called "hyper-realistic" novels at the time of the Gospels, and the reportage genre? In a word, no. Watch to learn more! (And if I say so myself, for such a dusty subject, the summaries and readings I include later in the video of parts of the Athiopika are rather amusing!)
