Title Homer's Odyssey and the Near East

Published Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (366 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Divine councils and apocalyptic myth; Chapter 2: Theoxeny; Chapter 3: Romance; Chapter 4: Odyssey 4; Chapter 5: Odyssey 5; Chapter 6: Odyssey 6-8, 10-12, 13.1-187; Genesis 28-33; Argonautic myth; Chapter 7: Odysseus and Jonah; Chapter 8: The combat myth; Chapter 9: Catabasis, consultation, and the vision; Chapter 10: Thrinakia and Exodus 32: Odysseus and Moses; Chapter 11: The suitors and the depiction of impious men in wisdom literature; Chapter 12: Odysseus and Jesus; Chapter 13: Contained apocalypse ConclusionBibliography; Index locorum; Subject index Summary Explores the parallels between the Odyssey and genres of myth extant in various Near Eastern cultures, in particular the Bible Notes Print version record Subject Homer. Odyssey. SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Extra-canonical parallels Bible. Old Testament fast Odyssey (Homer) fast Subject Mythology in literature. Greek literature -- Relation to the Old Testament. Mythology, Greek -- Comparative studies Mythology, Middle Eastern -- Comparative studies Extra-canonical parallels Greek literature -- Relation to the Old Testament Mythology, Greek Mythology in literature Mythology, Middle Eastern Genre/Form Comparative studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511930713 0511930712

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