John Heath

Broschiertes Buch

The Bible, Homer, and the Search for Meaning in Ancient Myths

Why We Would Be Better Off With Homer's Gods

Beschreibung

The Bible, Homer, and the Search for Meaning in Ancient Myths explores and compares the most influential sets of divine myths in Western Culture: the Homeric pantheon and Yahweh, the God of the Old Testament.

Autor

John Heath is Professor of Classics at Santa Clara University, USA. His previous books include a study of the literary adaptations of classical myth (Actaeon, the Unmannerly Intruder, 1992), a popular defense of the study of classics (Who Killed Homer? co-authored with Victor Davis Hanson, 1998), an examination of the links between speech, animalization, and status in Greek literature and society (The Talking Greeks, 2005), and an exploration of the common themes underlying American bestselling books ( Why We Read What We Read, co-authored with Lisa Adams, 2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780367729929
• ISBN-10: 036772992X
• Artikelnr.: 69894704