From Alexander to Jesus / / Ory Amitay
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| Autore: |
Amitay Ory
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| Titolo: |
From Alexander to Jesus / / Ory Amitay
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-283-27746-8 |
| 9786613277466 | |
| 0-520-94817-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826833703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 52.