Homer and the Bible in the eyes of ancient interpreters /
Thus far intepretations of Homer and the Bible have largely been studied in isolation even though both texts became foundational for Western civilisation and were often commented upon in the same cultural context. The present collection of articles redresses this imbalance by bringing together schol...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
Series:
Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture
16.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223301.
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Call Number: PA3003 .H63 2012
| Summary: | Thus far intepretations of Homer and the Bible have largely been studied in isolation even though both texts became foundational for Western civilisation and were often commented upon in the same cultural context. The present collection of articles redresses this imbalance by bringing together scholars from different fields and offering prioneering essays, which cross traditional boundaries and interpret Biblical and Homeric interpreters in light of each other. The picture which emerges from these studies in highly complex: Greek, Jewish and Christian readers were concerned with similar literary and religious questions, often defining their own position in dialogue with others. Special attention is given to three central corpora: the Alexandrian scholia, Philo, Platonic writers of the Imperial Age, rabbinic exegesis. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 372 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004226111 |
| ISSN: | 1570-078X ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |