3 Maccabees as a monomyth

The story of the hero, as a rite of passage, is often seen as a narratological quest, which because of the work of Campbell is now referred to as the monomyth. The basic pattern of all monomyths is an account of how a hero commences a journey, encounters a major crisis and then returns back home tra...

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Main Author: Allen, Nicholas P. L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2019
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 75, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Monomyth
B 3 Maccabees
B Initiation Rite
B Hero Myth
B Judaism
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