Greek Myth and the Bible

by Bruce Louden

Book Overview

Since the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Gilgamesh epic, we have known that the Bible imports narratives from outside of Israelite culture, refiguring them for its own audience. Only more recently, however, has come the realization that Greek culture is also a prominent source of biblical narratives.

　

Greek Myth and the Bible

argues that classical mythological literature and the biblical texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367664747
• ISBN13: 9780367664749
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"