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Greek Myth and the Bible
Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies Series
Author: Louden Bruce
Language: English
Subjects for Greek Myth and the Bible:
Keywords
Young Man; Hebrew Bible; Greek Myth and the Bible; Violate; Greek myth and biblical literature; Greek Myth; greek myth and the hebrew bible; Retrospective Prophecy; greek myth and the old testament; Homeric Epic; greek myth and the new testament; Hesiod’s Theogony; homer and the bible; Ovid’s Account; hesiod and the bible; Hesiod’s Account; homer and genesis; Recognition Scene; hesiod and genesis; Scribal Tradition; greek and jewish creation myth; Divine Council; greek and biblical creation myth; Lukan Author; hesiod and book of revelations; Israelite Culture; homer and the new testament; Succession Myth; hesiod and the new testament; Hesiod’s Version; ovid and the new testament; Testament Narratives; aeneid and the new testament; Antichrist; virgil and the new testament; Devious; alcestis and the new testament; Main Characters; euripides and the bible; Aeneid; euripides and the new testament; Prometheus; ovid and the bible; Holds; virgil and the bible; Baptist’s Death; biblical narratives; Testament Myth; Greek classical myths; Argonautic myth; Israel's scribal tradition; Greek culture
Publication date: 09-2020
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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Since the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Gilgamesh epic, we have known that the Bible imports narratives from outside of Israelite culture, refiguring them for its own audience. Only more recently, however, has come the realization that Greek culture is also a prominent source of biblical narratives.
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.
This fascinating volume offers a starting point for debate and discussion of these cultural and literary exchanges and adaptations in the wider Mediterranean world and will be an invaluable resource to students of the Hebrew Bible and the influence of Greek myth.
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
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.
