The Bible, Homer, and the search for meaning in ancient myths: why we would be better off with Homer's gods

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Brothers (and sisters) from a different mother -- Texts with a history -- Assembling resemblances -- Yahweh and other olympians -- Homer's gods -- Biblical polytheism I: Yahweh's divine competition -- Biblical polytheism II: Yahweh's little helpers -- Biblical anthropomorphism: Yahweh...

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Main Author: Heath, John 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Heath, John, 1955-, The Bible, Homer, and the search for meaning in ancient myths : why we would be better off with Homer's gods] (2020) (Roubekas, Nickolas P., 1979 -)
Series/Journal:Routledge monographs in classical studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible / Homer ca. 8 BC. Jh. / Mythology / Hermeneutics
B Homer ca. 8 BC. Jh. / Gods (Motif) / Old Testament / Jahwe
Further subjects:B LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication
B Gods, Greek
B Homer
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B God
B Bible ; Old Testament ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Ancient / Generals / HISTORY
B God Biblical teaching
B God ; Biblical teaching
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Brothers (and sisters) from a different mother -- Texts with a history -- Assembling resemblances -- Yahweh and other olympians -- Homer's gods -- Biblical polytheism I: Yahweh's divine competition -- Biblical polytheism II: Yahweh's little helpers -- Biblical anthropomorphism: Yahweh's da man -- Diverging deities: where Homer got it right -- Theological (dis)honesty -- Cleaning up Yahweh -- Homer's perfectly fallible gods -- Creating meaning -- Homeric creation -- The failure of Genesis, the Genesis of failure -- The demands of finitude -- Cheating death, squandering life -- We all have it coming -- Finding justice -- Waiting for God. oh. The myth of Iliadic justice -- Living without the gods: the myth of theistic justice -- Heavenly sex -- Divine eros, biblical celibacy, and God's little punching bag.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (X, 417 Seiten)
ISBN:0429022344

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