Bruce Louden

Greek Myth and the Bible

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Greek Myth and the Bible argues that classical mythological literature and the biblical texts were composed in a dialogic relationship. Louden examines a variety of Greek myths from a range of sources, analyzing parallels between biblical episodes and Hesiod, Euripides, Argonautic myth, selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Homeric epic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781138328587
• ISBN-10: 1138328588
• Artikelnr.: 54649180

Autorenporträt

Bruce Louden is Professor in the Department of Language and Linguistics, the Humanities Program, and Philosophy, at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: The Hebrew Bible
Chapter 1: Iapetos and Japheth: Hesiod's Theogony, Iliad 15.187-93, and Genesis 9-10
Chapter 2: Euripides' Ion and the Genesis Patriarchs
Chapter 3: Jason, Hera, Medea, and Aietes
Jacob, Rebecca, Rachel, and Laban: Argonautic Myth and Genesis 27-33
Chapter 4: Euripides' Hecuba and Jael (Judges 4-5)
Part II: New Testament
Chapter 5: The oath that cannot be taken back: Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.751-2.400, Mark 6 and Matthew 14 (cf. Iliad 19
Genesis 27)
Chapter 6: Luke 24 and Homer: Odyssey 3, Iliad 24, and Postponed Recognition
Chapter 7: Euripides' Alcestis and John's Lazarus (John 11:1-44, 12:1-8)
Chapter 8: Hesiod's Theogony and the Book of Revelation 4, 12, and 19-20
Chapter 9: Ovid's Palace of the Sun (Metamorphoses 2.1-30) and Revelation 4
Chapter10: Retrospective Prophecy and the Vision in Aeneid 6, Ovid, and Revelation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index