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non-specialists still today seem to consider Greek mythology a subject separate from religion – take for example Stephen Fry’s bestseller Mythos (2018) – I opted to bring the words together in my title while also making them distinct.
This book contributes greatly to this interest by studying the Near Eastern background of important Greek myths, such as those of the creation of the world and the first woman, the Flood, the Golden Fleece, the Titans and travelling seers, but also of the births of Attis and Asclepius as well as the origins of the terms 'paradise' and 'magic'.
Examining architecture, inscriptions, coins, and art from Alexander the Great’s conquest until the early fourth century CE, Chancey argues that the extent of Greco-Roman culture in the time of Jesus has often been greatly exaggerated.
Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East. Jan N. Bremmer. BRILL, 2008 - Religion - 424 pages. In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the...
This article examines the impact of biblical translation on the formation of Greek national identity, which brings to light a serious issue: Greek Orthodoxy is dealing with a dilemma almost as tragic as that which Judaism faced during the first century AD.
Jan N. Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible and the Ancient Near East. Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge. Édition électronique. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/kernos/1828. ISSN : 2034-7871. Éditeur. Centre international d'étude de la religion grecque antique. Édition imprimée. Date de publication : 1 janvier 2009 Pagination : 342-343.
This book is intended to serve as a historical, biblical, and archaeological guide to biblical sites in Greece and Turkey, including sites on the Greek islands and in Cyprus. All the significant places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are covered in this guide, with a few exceptions.
