Coping with the gods : wayward readings in Greek theology /

Coping with the gods : wayward readings in Greek theology /

Inspired by a critical reconsideration of current monolithic approaches to the study of Greek religion, this book argues that ancient Greeks displayed a disquieting capacity to validate two (or more) dissonant, if not contradictory, representations of the divine world in a complementary rather than...

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Main Author: Versnel, H. S.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 173.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

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Religion.
Greece > Religion.
Greece.

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Call Number: BL783 .V47 2011eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Chapter One. Many Gods Complications Of Polytheism /
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  • Chapter Two. The Gods Divine Justice Or Divine Arbitrariness? /
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  • Chapter Three. One God Three Greek Experiments In Oneness /
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  • Chapter Four. A God Why Is Hermes Hungry? /
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  • Chapter Five. God The Question Of Divine Omnipotence /
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  • Chapter Six. Playing (The) God Did (The) Greeks Believe In The Divinity Of Their Rulers? /
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  • Epilogue /
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  • Appendix One. Grouping The Gods /
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  • Appendix Two. Unity Or Diversity-One God Or Many? A Modern Debate /
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  • Appendix Three. Drive Towards Coherence In Two Herodotus-Studies /
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  • Appendix Four. Did The Greeks Believe In Their Gods? /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index Of Passages Cited /
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  • Greek Words /
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  • General Index /
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