Greek myth and the Bible

Greek myth and the Bible / Bruce Louden.

"Since the 19th 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 nar...

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Main Author: Louden, Bruce, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Routledge monographs in classical studies.
Subjects:
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Myth in the Bible.
Mythology, Greek.
Greek literature > Relation to the New Testament.
Greek literature > Relation to the Old Testament.
Christianity and other religions > Greek.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Iapetós and Japheth : Hesiod's Theogony, Iliad 15.187-93, and Genesis 9-10
  • Euripides' Ion and the Genesis patriarchs
  • Jason, Hera, Medea, and Aietes; Jacob, Rebecca, Rachel, and Laban : Argonautic myth and Genesis 27-33
  • Euripides' Hecuba and Jael (Judg 4-5)
  • The oath that cannot be taken back : Ovid's Metamorphoses 1.751-2.400, Mark 6 and Matthew 14 (cf. Iliad 19; Genesis 27)
  • Luke 24 and Homer : Odyssey 3, Iliad 24, and postponed recognition
  • Euripides' Alcestis and John's Lazarus (John 11:1-44, 12:1-8)
  • Hesiod's Theogony and the Book of Revelation 4, 12, and 19-20
  • Ovid's Palace of the sun (Metamorphoses 2.1-30) and Revelation 4
  • Retrospective prophecy and the vision in Aeneid 6, Ovid, and Revelation.

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