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The Problem of Similarity in Ancient Near Eastern Religions
The Problem of Similarity in Ancient Negar Eastern Religions
Ancient Near Eastern Themes in Biblical Theology
Author: Jeffrey Jay Niehaus
Publisher: Kregel Academic
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 0825493544
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tracing parallels between biblical accounts and pagan cultures of the ancient Near East, Niehaus explores creation and flood narratives; literary and legal forms; and the acts of deities and the God of the Bible. He reveals not just cultural similarities but spiritual dimensions of common thought and practice, providing an overarching view of the story of the Bible. - Publisher.
When Man Becomes God
Author: Donald E. Gowan
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 1975-01-01
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0915138069
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Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion
Author: H. S. Versnel
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9789004092679
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This second volume of a two-part collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion focuses on the ambiguities in myth and ritual of transition and reversal.
The Mythology of America's Seasonal Holidays
Author: Arthur George
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-07-30
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 3030469166
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Every year we celebrate a cycle of seasonal holidays. The ancient Greeks called this cycle “The Dance of the Horae,” after the mythical divinities who represented the seasons. What myths sit at the foundation of our own holiday celebrations? This interdisciplinary book explores the myths and symbols that underlie our major seasonal holidays and give them their meaning. Arthur George also shows how America’s own mythmaking has shaped some holidays. This mythological approach reveals how and why holidays arose in the first place, how and why they have changed over the centuries, why they have remained important, and finally how we can celebrate them today in a more meaningful manner that can enrich our lives and better our society. George devotes particular attention to the depth psychological aspects of holidays and their corresponding myths, as well as to the insights of modern biblical scholarship for key holidays such as Easter and Christmas.
The Epic of the Patriarch
Author: Ronald S. Hendel
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-07-17
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9004369465
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Part I: A history of interpretation -- Part II: The Jacob cycle and Canaanite epic -- 1. The forms of tradition -- The birth story -- Revelation at Bethel -- 2. Epic and cult -- Aqhat and Anat -- The deception of Isaac -- 3. A literary interlude -- Pughat and Rachel -- Part III: The Jacob cycle and Israelite epic -- 1. The hero and the other -- Encounter at Penuel -- Jacob and Esau -- 2. The life of the hero -- Jacob and Moses -- Conclusions.
Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion, Volume 2: Transition and Reversal in Myth and Ritual
Author: Henk Versnel
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9004296735
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the second of a two-volume collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various types of ambiguity and dissonance. While the first volume focused on the central paradoxes in ancient henotheism, the present one discusses the ambiguities in myth and ritual of transition and reversal. After an introduction to the history of the myth and ritual debate (with a focus on New Year festivals and initiation) in the first chapter, the second and third chapters discuss myth and ritual of reversal—Kronos and the Kronia, and Saturnus and the Saturnalia respectively; the fourth treats two women's festivals—that of Bona Dea and the Thesmophoria; the fifth investigates the initiatory aspects of Apollo and Mars. In the background is the basic conviction that the three approaches to religion known as 'substantivistic', functionalist and cultural-symbolic respectively, need not be mutually exclusive.
Comparing Religions
Author: Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-08-14
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9047410408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Given the fact that today's university students are far more culturally sophisticated than ever before, "Comparing Religions: Possibilities and Perils" brings together a distinguished group of professors of religion with years of teaching experience to address the central question of how comparison of religions should be pursued in today's classroom. Covering topics such as recent theoretical approaches to comparison, case studies of comparing religions in the classroom, and the impact of postcolonialism and postmodernism on the modernist assumptions of comparitivism, the volume seeks to problematize and interrogate the field, especially as it relates to emerging models of pedagogy at the university level. "Comparing Religions" will be of especial interest to those who teach in religious studies departments, or who teach courses on religion in departments of anthropology, sociology, and history.
