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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154716903321

Autore

Herren Michael W.

Titolo

The anatomy of myth : the art of interpretation from the presocratics to the church fathers / / Michael Herren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-064902-X

0-19-060672-X

0-19-060671-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

201.3

Soggetti

Myth

Mythology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The paradigm of the poets -- What makes a work authoritative? -- Physis redefining the gods -- Flirting with atheism -- Attacking poetry -- The beginnings of allegory -- Finding history in myth -- Theos rediscovering God -- The growth of allegory -- Saving the poets without allegory -- From allegory to symbolism -- Greek exegesis and Judaeo-Christian books -- Reflection.

Sommario/riassunto

'The Anatomy of Myth' is a comprehensive study of the methods of interpreting authoritative myths from the Presocratic philosophers to the Neoplatonists and their adoption by the Church Fathers.