Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Myth (eBook, PDF)

Volume III
Redaktion: Segal, Robert A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Much of the theorizing about myth in philosophy and religious studies grows out of efforts to understand the classics and the Bible. In the case of the classics, the presence of myth has been taken for granted, and conclusions reached about Greek and Roman mythology have spurred generalizations about myth. In the case of the Bible, however, the existence of myth has been contested. In fact, Judaism and Christianity are regularly praised for their nonmythic outlook. Conclusions reached about the presence or absence of myth in either the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament have led to generalizations about myth per se. Many of the essays in this volume apply theories of myth to classical, biblical, and ancient Near Eastern cases, but in so doing they draw conclusions about the nature of myth itself. Those essays that criticize past applications make generalizations as weIl.

By no means has aIl theorizing about myth from philosophy and religious studies centered on the ancient world, and this volume contains selections from theories in both disciplines that stern from reflections on the nature of science, language, knowledge, and reality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135610548
• Artikelnr.: 41208948

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Segal University of Lancaster

Inhaltsangabe

Volume Introduction
Myth and Symbol in Contemporary Philosophy and Theology: The Limits of Demythologizing
The Meaning of Mythology in Relation to the Old Testament
Myth and the New Testament: The Greek Word of 1vor
New Testament and Mythology
Judaism and the Modern Political Myths
The Mythic
The Meaning and Function of Myth in Greek and Roman Literature
The Prestige of the Cosmogonic Myth
Myth and Reality
Mythic Thought in the Ancient Near East
Sumerian Mythology: A Review Article
Greek Mythology: Some New Perspectives
Review of The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near Eastern Myth and the Old Testament
Method in the Study of N ear Eastern Myths
Inside and Outside the Mouth of God: The Boundary Between Myth and Reality
The Truth of Myth
Introduction: The Symbolic Function of Myths
Myth: Some Philosophical Problems
Myth in Greek Historiography
The Semantic Approach to Myth
Myth and History in Israelite-Jewish Thought