The Bible, Homer, and the Search for Meaning in Ancient Myths: Why We Would Be Better off with Homer's Gods
by Heath, John
Title Statements
- Full title :The Bible, Homer, and the Search for Meaning in Ancient Myths : Why We Would Be Better off with Homer's Gods.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2019
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Milton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2019
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (431 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780429666469, 0429666462
- oclc:on1102270526
Table of Contents
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART ONE Brothers (and sisters) from a different mother -- Section I: Texts with a history -- 2 Assembling resemblances -- Section II: Yahweh and the other Olympians -- 3 Homer's gods -- 4 Biblical polytheism I: Yahweh's divine competition -- 5 Biblical polytheism II: Yahweh's little helpers -- 6 Biblical anthropomorphism: Yahweh's da man -- PART TWO Diverging deities: Where Homer got it right -- Section I: Theological (dis)honesty -- 7 Cleaning up Yahweh -- 8 Homer's perfectly fallible gods -- Section II: Creating meaning -- 9 Homeric creation -- 10 The failure of Genesis, the Genesis of failure -- Section III: The demands of finitude -- 11 Cheating death, squandering life -- 12 We all have it coming -- Section IV: Finding justice -- 13 Waiting for God. Oh. The myth of Iliadic justice -- 14 Living without the gods: The myth of theistic justice -- Section V: Heavenly sex -- 15 Divine eros, biblical celibacy, and God's little punching bag -- 16 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Short summaries of the Iliad and Odyssey -- Appendix 2: Who are the…
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