Argonauts Of The Desert

Author : Philippe Wajdenbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1845539249

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Argonauts of the Desert explains through a comparative analysis based on the structural method of anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, how most of the stories and many laws of the Bible were inspired by Greek literature. The books from Genesis to Kings may have been written by a single author, a Hellenized Judean scholar, who used Plato's ideal State in the Laws as a primary source of inspiration. As such, biblical Israel is a recreation of that twelve tribes State, governed solely by divine law. Most stories surrounding the birth, life and death of that State were inspired by Greek epics, such as the Argonauts, Thebes, Heracles and Troy, as well as by Herodotus' Histories. Previous paradigms dealing with the origins of the Old Testament, such as the documentary hypothesis, are rejected in this demonstration. The main chapters are set in the order of the books from Genesis to Kings, each of which presents biblical stories or laws and compares them with their Greek or Roman equivalents. For each story, there is a discussion of similarities and differences. Through this demonstration, the reader comes to understand how the Bible was written and influenced by Greek literature. The book can be read as a commentary on the Bible in light of its Greek sources, to an extent that has not been attempted before.

Author : Philippe Wajdenbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317543909

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Argonauts of the Desert by Philippe Wajdenbaum Pdf

'Argonauts of the Desert' presents a revolutionary new commentary on the Bible and its origins, arguing that most biblical stories and laws were inspired by Greek literature. From Genesis to Kings, the books of the Bible may have been written by a single author, a Hellenized Judean scholar who used Plato's ideal state in The Laws as a primary source. As such, biblical Israel is a recreation of that twelve tribes State and the stories surrounding the birth, life and death of that State were inspired by Greek epics. Each chapter presents the biblical material and compares this to the Greek or Roman equivalents, discussing similarities and differences.

Author : Thomas L. Thompson,Philippe Wajdenbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317544265

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The Bible and Hellenism by Thomas L. Thompson,Philippe Wajdenbaum Pdf

Did the Bible only take its definitive form after Alexander conquered the Near East, after the Hellenisation of the Samaritans and Jews, and after the founding of the great library of Alexandria? The Bible and Hellenism takes up one of the most pressing and controversial questions of Bible Studies today: the influence of classical literature on the writing and formation of the Bible. Bringing together a wide range of international scholars, The Bible and Hellenism explores the striking parallels between biblical and earlier Greek literature and examines the methodological issues raised by such comparative study. The book argues that the oral traditions of historical memory are not the key factor in the creation of biblical narrative. It demonstrates that Greek texts – from such authors as Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus and Plato – must be considered amongst the most important sources for the Bible.

Author : Russell E. Gmirkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000578423

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Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts by Russell E. Gmirkin Pdf

Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato’s famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts science, theology and myth. This book is the first to systematically compare biblical, Ancient Near Eastern and Greek creation accounts and to show that Genesis 1-3 is heavily indebted to Plato’s Timaeus and other cosmogonies by Greek natural philosophers. It argues that the idea of a monotheistic cosmic god was first introduced in Genesis 1 under the influence of Plato’s philosophy, and that this cosmic Creator was originally distinct from the lesser terrestrial gods, including Yahweh, who appear elsewhere in Genesis. It shows the use of Plato’s Critias, the sequel to Timaeus, in the stories about the Garden of Eden, the intermarriage of "the sons of God" and the daughters of men, and the biblical flood. This book confirms the late date and Hellenistic background of Genesis 1-11, drawing on Plato’s writings and other Greek sources found at the Great Library of Alexandria. This study provides a fascinating approach to Genesis that will interest students and scholars in both biblical and classical studies, philosophy and creation narratives. .

Author : Rachel S. McCoppin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476625751

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The Hero's Quest and the Cycles of Nature by Rachel S. McCoppin Pdf

This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature--a "botanical hero" one might say--who begins the quest in a metaphorical seed-like state, then sprouts into a period of verdant strength. But the hero must face a mythic underworld where he or she contends with mortality and sacrifice--embracing death as a part of life. For centuries, humans have sought superiority over nature, yet the botanical hero finds nothing is lost by recognizing that one is merely a part of nature. Instead, a cyclical promise of continuous life is realized, in which no element fully disappears, and the hero's message is not to dwell on death.

Author : Hildegard L. C. Tristram
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Epic literature
ISBN : 3823354175

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Neue Methoden Der Epenforschung by Hildegard L. C. Tristram Pdf

Author : William G. Thalmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199731572

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Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism by William G. Thalmann Pdf

Apollonius of Rhodes' epic poem on the Argonauts' quest for the Golden Fleece has begun to get the attention it deserves. This book explores the poem's relation to the conditions of its writing in third century BCE Alexandria, where a multicultural environment transformed the Greeks' understanding of themselves and the world.

Author : Kevin Osborn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781101191460

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Mythology by Kevin Osborn Pdf

You're no idiot, of course. You can find Greece on a map, know that Kevin Sorbo stars as Hercules on TV, and have heard of Freud's Oedipus theory. But when it comes to classical mythology, you feel like you've been foiled by the gods. Don't curse Zeus yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Classical Mythology has all you need for a working knowledge of the timeless world of Greek and Roman myths.

Author : Diane Wakoski
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1574230468

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Argonaut Rose by Diane Wakoski Pdf

This volume in the The Archaeology of Movies & Books continues Wakoski's mythic quest for meaning from personal history.

Author : Apollonius (Rhodius),Apollonius of Rhodes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107063518

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Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book IV by Apollonius (Rhodius),Apollonius of Rhodes Pdf

The Argonautica is the only surviving epic between Homer and Virgil; Book IV is an extraordinary product of Greek poetry.

Author : Helen Lovatt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350115132

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In Search of the Argonauts by Helen Lovatt Pdf

Few classical stories are as exciting as that of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The legend of the boy, who discovers a new identity as son of a usurped king and leads a crew of demi-gods and famous heroes, has resonated through the ages, rumbling like the clashing rocks, which almost pulverised the Argo. The myth and its reception inspires endless engagements: while it tells of a quest to the ends of the earth, of the tyrants Pelias and Aetes, of dragons' teeth, of the loss of Hylas (beloved of Hercules) stolen away by nymphs, and of Jason's seduction of the powerful witch Medea (later betrayed for a more useful princess), it speaks to us of more: of gender and sexuality; of heroism and lost integrity; of powerful gods and terrifying monsters; of identity and otherness; of exploration and exploitation. The Argonauts are emblems of collective heroism, yet also of the emptiness of glory. From Pindar to J. W. Waterhouse, Apollonius of Rhodes to Ray Harryhausen, and Robert Graves to Mary Zimmerman, the Argonaut myth has produced later interpretations as rich, salty and complex as the ancient versions. Helen Lovatt here unravels, like untangled sea-kelp, the diverse strands of the narrative and its numerous and fascinating afterlives. Her book will prove both informative and endlessly entertaining to those who love classical literature and myth.

Author : HardPress
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 131447426X

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Tales of the Argonauts by HardPress Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Susan A. Stephens
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520927384

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Seeing Double by Susan A. Stephens Pdf

When, in the third century B.C.E., the Ptolemies became rulers in Egypt, they found themselves not only kings of a Greek population but also pharaohs for the Egyptian people. Offering a new and expanded understanding of Alexandrian poetry, Susan Stephens argues that poets such as Callimachus, Theocritus, and Apollonius proved instrumental in bridging the distance between the two distinct and at times diametrically opposed cultures under Ptolemaic rule. Her work successfully positions Alexandrian poetry as part of the dynamic in which Greek and Egyptian worlds were bound to interact socially, politically, and imaginatively. The Alexandrian poets were image-makers for the Ptolemaic court, Seeing Double suggests; their poems were political in the broadest sense, serving neither to support nor to subvert the status quo, but to open up a space in which social and political values could be imaginatively re-created, examined, and critiqued. Seeing Double depicts Alexandrian poetry in its proper context—within the writing of foundation stories and within the imaginative redefinition of Egypt as "Two Lands"—no longer the lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, but of a shared Greek and Egyptian culture.

Author : Richard Hunter
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110747577

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The Layers of the Text by Richard Hunter Pdf

This volume collects the most recent essays of Richard Hunter, one of the world's leading experts in the field of Greek and Latin literature. The essays range across all periods of ancient literature from Homer to late antiquity, with a particular focus not just on the texts in their original contexts, but also on how they were interpreted and exploited for both literary and more broadly cultural purposes later in antiquity. Taken together, the essays sketch a picture of a continuous tradition of critical and historical engagement with the literature of the past from the period of Aristophanes and then Plato and Aristotle in classical Athens to the rich prose literature of the Second Sophistic. Richard Hunter's earlier essays are collected in On Coming After (Berlin 2008).

Author : HardPress
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1314473468

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Tales of the Argonauts, and Other Sketches by HardPress Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.