The anatomy of myth : the art of interpretation from the presocratics to the church fathers

The anatomy of myth : the art of interpretation from the presocratics to the church fathers / Michael Herren.

The Anatomy of Myth is a comprehensive study of the different methods of interpreting myths developed by the Greeks, adopted by the Romans, and eventually passed on to Jewish and Christian interpreters of the Bible. Greek thinkers only rarely saw "myth" as a category of thought in its own...

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Main Author: Herren, Michael W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Myth.
Mythology.
Table of Contents:
  • The paradigm of the poets
  • What makes a work authoritative?
  • Physis redefining the gods
  • Flirting with atheism
  • Attacking poetry
  • The beginnings of allegory
  • Finding history in myth
  • Theos rediscovering God
  • The growth of allegory
  • Saving the poets without allegory
  • From allegory to symbolism
  • Greek exegesis and Judaeo-Christian books
  • Reflection.

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