The Bible, Homer, and the search for meaning in ancient myths: why we would be better off with Homer's gods
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART ONE Brothers (and sisters) from a different mother -- Section I: Texts with a history -- 2 Assembling resemblances -- Section II: Yahweh and the other Olympians...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Milton
Routledge
2019
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| 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 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
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| 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
Electronic books
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| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART ONE Brothers (and sisters) from a different mother -- Section I: Texts with a history -- 2 Assembling resemblances -- Section II: Yahweh and the other Olympians -- 3 Homer's gods -- 4 Biblical polytheism I: Yahweh's divine competition -- 5 Biblical polytheism II: Yahweh's little helpers -- 6 Biblical anthropomorphism: Yahweh's da man -- PART TWO Diverging deities: Where Homer got it right -- Section I: Theological (dis)honesty -- 7 Cleaning up Yahweh -- 8 Homer's perfectly fallible gods -- Section II: Creating meaning -- 9 Homeric creation -- 10 The failure of Genesis, the Genesis of failure -- Section III: The demands of finitude -- 11 Cheating death, squandering life -- 12 We all have it coming -- Section IV: Finding justice -- 13 Waiting for God. Oh. The myth of Iliadic justice -- 14 Living without the gods: The myth of theistic justice -- Section V: Heavenly sex -- 15 Divine eros , biblical celibacy, and God's little punching bag -- 16 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Short summaries of the Iliad and Odyssey -- Appendix 2: Who are the Homeric gods? -- Appendix 3: Iliadic justice: Making sense of the Trojan War -- Appendix 4: Divine justice in the Odyssey ? -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (431 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0429666462 |