Greek myth and the Bible
Iapetós and Japheth : Hesiod's Theogony, Iliad 15.187-93, and Genesis 9-10 -- Euripides' Ion and the Genesis patriarchs -- Jason, Hera, Medea, and Aietes; Jacob, Rebecca, Rachel, and Laban : Argonautic myth and Genesis 27-33 -- Euripides' Hecuba and Jael (Judges 4-5) -- The oath that...
Summary: | Iapetós and Japheth : Hesiod's Theogony, Iliad 15.187-93, and Genesis 9-10 -- Euripides' Ion and the Genesis patriarchs -- Jason, Hera, Medea, and Aietes; Jacob, Rebecca, Rachel, and Laban : Argonautic myth and Genesis 27-33 -- Euripides' Hecuba and Jael (Judges 4-5) -- The oath that cannot be taken back : Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.751-2.400, Mark 6 and Matthew 14 (cf. Iliad 19; Genesis 27) -- Luke 24 and Homer : Odyssean theoxeny, Iliad 24, and postponed recognition -- Euripides' Alcestis and John's Lazarus : John 11:1-44, 12:1-8 -- Hesiod's Theogony and the Book of Revelation 4, 12, and 20 -- Ovid's Palace of the sun (Metamorphoses 2.1-30) and Revelation 4:2-8 -- Retrospective prophecy and the vision in Aeneid 6, Ovid, and the Book of Revelation. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages). |
ISBN: | 0429448554 |