Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible and the Ancient Near East (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture, 8) - Hardcover

Bremmer, Jan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004164731 ISBN 13: 9789004164734

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2008

Synopsis

This book greatly enhances our knowledge of the interrelationship of Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East by offering important analyses of Greek myths, divinities and terms like ‘magic’ and 'paradise', but also of the Greek contribution to the Christian notion of atonement.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the relationship between Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East. This challenging book contributes greatly to this interest by studying the Near Eastern background of important Greek myths, such as those of the creation of the world and the first woman, the Flood, the Golden Fleece, the Titans and travelling seers, but also of the births of Attis and Asclepius as well as the origins of the terms a ~paradisea (TM) and a ~magica (TM). It also shows that, in turn, Greek literature influenced Jewish stories of divine epiphanies and that the Greek scapegoat myths and rituals contributed to the central Christian notion of atonement.

About the Author:

Jan N. Bremmer (Ph.D. 1979) is professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on Greek, Roman, Early Christian and contemporary religion, including Greek Religion (1994) and The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife (2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9004164731
• ISBN 13: 9789004164734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424