Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient Near East

The Resource Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient Near East

Label

Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient Near East

Statement of responsibility

by Jan N. Bremmer

Language

eng

Summary

"In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the relationship between Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East. This book contributes greatly to this interest by studying the Near Eastern background of important Greek myths, such as those of the creation of the world and the first woman, the Flood, the Golden Fleece, the Titans and travelling seers, but also of the births of Attis and Asclepius as well as the origins of the terms 'paradise' and 'magic'. It also shows that, in turn, Greek literature influenced Jewish stories of divine epiphanies and that the Greek scapegoat myths and rituals contributed to the central Christian notion of atonement."--Jacket

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Dewey number

292.08

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

BL783

LC item number

.B74 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture,

Series volume

v. 8

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