Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient Near East [electronic resource] / by Jan N. Bremmer.
Material type: TextSeries: Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 8.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 424 p.)ISBN:- 9789047432715 (electronic bk.)
- 9047432711 (electronic bk.)
- Mythology, Greek
- Mythology, Greek -- Influence
- Greece -- Civilization
- Mythology, Middle Eastern
- Mythology, Middle Eastern -- Influence
- Middle East -- Civilization
- Bible stories
- RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism
- Altes Testament
- Bibel
- Altes Testament -- Griechische Literatur
- Griechische Literatur -- Altes Testament
- Griechische Literatur -- Neues Testament
- Griechische Religion
- Kultur
- Kulturvergleich
- Mythen -- Orient (alter) -- Rezeption
- Mythen -- griechische -- Rezeption
- Mythen -- griechische -- Orient (alter)
- Mythologie
- Mythologie
- Neues Testament -- Griechische Literatur
- Religion
- Religion
- Alter Orient
- Griechenland (Altertum)
- Griechenland (Altertum)
- 292.08 22
- BL783 .B74 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-400) and index.
Cover -- Contents13; -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Canonical and Alternative Creation Myths -- Chapter 2 Pandora or the Creation of a Greek Eve -- Chapter 3 The Birth of Paradise -- Chapter 4 The First Crime: Brothers and Fratricide in the Ancient Mediterranean -- Chapter 5 Greek Fallen Angels: Kronos and the Titans -- Chapter 6 Near Eastern and Native Traditions in Apollodorus' Account of the Flood -- Chapter 7 Don't Look Back: From the Wife of Lot to Orpheus and Eurydice -- Chapter 8 Balaam, Mopsus and Melampous: Tales of Travelling Seers -- Chapter 9 Hebrew Lishkah and Greek Lesch234; -- Chapter 10 The Scapegoat between Northern Syria, Hittites, Israelites, Greeks and Early Christians -- Chapter 11 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Heliodorus in the Temple and Paul on the Road to Damascus -- Chapter 12 Persian Magoi and the Birth of the Term 'Magic' -- Chapter 13 Anaphe, Apollo Aigl234;t234;s and the Origin of Asclepius -- Chapter 14 Attis: A Greek God in Anatolian Pessinous and Catullan Rome -- Chapter 15 The Myth of the Golden Fleece -- Appendix I Genesis 1.1: A Jewish Response to a Persian Challenge? -- Appendix II Magic and Religion? -- Appendix III The Spelling and Meaning of the Name Megabyxos -- Bibliography -- Index of Names, Subjects and Passages.
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