عنوان

Homer's Odyssey and the Near East /

(Number (ISBN

9780511779794 (ebook)

Erroneous ISBN

9780521768207 (hardback)

Number

b504180

Title Proper

Homer's Odyssey and the Near East /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Bruce Louden.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (vii, 356 pages) :

Other Physical Details

digital, PDF file(s)

Text of Note

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Text of Note

Divine councils and apocalyptic myth -- Theoxeny : Odyssey 1, 3, 13-22, and Genesis 18-19 -- Romance : the Odyssey and the myth of Joseph (Gen. 37, 39-47); Autolykos and Jacob -- Odyssey 4 : Helen and Rahab (Josh. 2); Menelaus and Jacob (Gen. 32:22-32) -- Odyssey 5 : Ogygia and creation myth; Kalypso and Ishtar -- Odyssey 6-8, 10-12, 13.1-187; Genesis 28-33; Argonautic myth : Odysseus and Nausikaa/Kirke; Jason and Medea; Jacob and Rachel -- Odysseus and Jonah : sea-monsters and the fantastic voyage -- The combat myth : Polyphêmos and Humbaba -- Catabasis, consultation, and the vision : Odyssey 11, 1 Samuel 28, Gilgamesh 12, Aeneid 6, Plato's Allegory of the cave, and the Book of Revelation -- Thrinakia and Exodus 32 : Odysseus and Moses, the people disobey their leader and rebel against God -- The suitors and the depiction of impious men in wisdom literature -- Odysseus and Jesus : the king returns, unrecognized and abused in his kingdom -- Contained apocalypse : Odyssey 12, 13, 22 and 24; Exodus 32 (and Gen. 18-19)

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Text of Note

The Odyssey's larger plot is composed of a number of distinct genres of myth, all of which are extant in various Near Eastern cultures (Mesopotamian, West Semitic, Egyptian). Unexpectedly, the Near Eastern culture with which the Odyssey has the most parallels is the Old Testament. Consideration of how much of the Odyssey focuses on non-heroic episodes - hosts receiving guests, a king disguised as a beggar, recognition scenes between long-separated family members - reaffirms the Odyssey's parallels with the Bible. In particular the book argues that the Odyssey is in a dialogic relationship with Genesis, which features the same three types of myth that comprise the majority of the Odyssey: theoxeny, romance (Joseph in Egypt), and Argonautic myth (Jacob winning Rachel from Laban). The Odyssey also offers intriguing parallels to the Book of Jonah, and Odysseus' treatment by the suitors offers close parallels to the Gospels' depiction of Christ in Jerusalem.

Parallel Title

Homer's Odyssey & the Near East.

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.

Class number

Book number

Louden, Bruce,1954-

Date of Transaction

20151005020623.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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