The Bible, Homer, and the search for meaning in ancient myths

The Bible, Homer, and the search for meaning in ancient myths: why we would be better off with Homer's gods

by Heath, John

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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 / John Heath.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2019.
  • Edition:1 [edition]

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2019.

The Physical Object

  • Description:189 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780367077204, 0367077205
  • oclc:on1083225255
  • LC Classification:BL473
  • Dewey Decimal:292.2/11

Table of Contents

Brothers (and sisters) from a different mother -- Texts with a history -- Assembling resemblances -- Yahweh and other olympians -- Homer's gods -- Biblical polytheism I: Yahweh's divine competition -- Biblical polytheism II: Yahweh's little helpers -- Biblical anthropomorphism: Yahweh's da man -- Diverging deities: where Homer got it right -- Theological (dis)honesty -- Cleaning up Yahweh -- Homer's perfectly fallible gods -- Creating meaning -- Homeric creation -- The failure of Genesis, the Genesis of failure -- The demands of finitude -- Cheating death, squandering life -- We all have it coming -- Finding justice -- Waiting for God. oh. The myth of Iliadic justice -- Living without the gods: the myth of theistic justice -- Heavenly sex -- Divine eros, biblical celibacy, and God's little punching bag.

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Subjects

Bible Bible., Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc Dieu Dieu -- Enseignement biblique Dieux grecs God God -- Biblical teaching Gods, Greek Homer

Writers

Heath, John

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