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Autore: Amitay Ory Visualizza persona
Titolo: From Alexander to Jesus / / Ory Amitay Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2010
©2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 246 pages)
Disciplina: 938/.07092
Soggetto topico: Christianity
Church history
Generals - Greece
Soggetto geografico: Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C
Greece Kings and rulers Biography
Soggetto non controllato: alexander the great
amazonian queen
ancient greece
ancient history
ancient world
campaign
christian churches
christianity
conquest
demigod
divine son
divinity
early church
empire
folk narrative
folklore
generals
greece
greek gods
hellenism
herakles
history
india
jesus
legend
levi strauss
macedonia
military leader
monotheism
myth
nonfiction
philosopher king
political science
reconciliation
religion
son of zeus
spirituality
structuralism
talmudic alexander
zeus
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Son of Man, Son of God -- 2. In the Footsteps of Herakles -- 3. The Passage to India -- 4. Symbiosis -- 5. Amazon Queen -- 6. Post Mortem -- 7. Alexander and the End of Days -- 8. Alexander and Jesus -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Alexander and David -- Appendix B. Sacrifices and Other Religious Matters in the Alexander Histories -- Appendix C. Alexander Alcoholicus -- Notes -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. But until now, no comprehensive effort has been made to connect the mythic life and career of Alexander to the stories about Jesus and to the earliest theology of the nascent Christian churches. Ory Amitay delves into a wide range of primary texts in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew to trace Alexander as a mythological figure, from his relationship to his ancestor and rival, Herakles, to the idea of his divinity as the son of a god. In compelling detail, Amitay illuminates both Alexander's links to Herakles and to two important and enduring ideas: that of divine sonship and that of reconciliation among peoples.
Titolo autorizzato: From Alexander to Jesus  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27746-8
9786613277466
0-520-94817-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785428003321
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Serie: Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 52.