Inhaltsangabe: Homer's Odyssey and the Near East

1. Verfasser:	Louden, Bruce, 1954-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Umfang/Format:	vii, 356 p.
Schlagworte:	Homer. > Odyssey. Bible. > Old Testament > Extra-canonical parallels. Greek literature > Relation to the Old Testament. Mythology in literature. Mythology, Greek > Comparative studies. Mythology, Middle-Eastern > Comparative studies. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient, Classical & Medieval
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Inhaltsangabe:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Divine councils and apocalyptic myth; 2. Theoxeny: Odyssey 1, 3, 13-22, and Genesis 18-19; 3. Romance: the Odyssey and the myth of Joseph (Genesis 37, 39-47); 4. Helen and Rahab (Joshua 2), Menelaus and Jacob (Genesis 32:22-32); 5. Ogygia and creation myth, Kalypso and Ishtar; 6. Argonautic myth: Odysseus and Nausikaa/Circe, Jason and Medea, Jacob and Rachel (Odyssey 6-8, 10-12, 13.1-187, Genesis 28-33); 7. Odysseus and Jonah: sea-monsters and the fantastic voyage; 8. The combat myth: Polyphemos and Humbaba; 9. Catabasis, consultation, and the vision: Odyssey 11, 1 Samuel 28, Gilgamesh 12, Aeneid 6, and the Book of Revelation; 10. Odyssey 12 and Exodus 32: Odysseus and Moses, the people defy their leader and rebel against God; 11. The suitors and the depiction of impious men in wisdom literature; 12. Odysseus and Jesus: the King returns, unrecognized and abused in his own Kingdom; 13. Contained apocalypse: Odyssey 12, 13, 22 and 24, Exodus 32 (and Genesis 18-19); Conclusion.