From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan ClassicsInterVarsity Press, 20 wrz 2009 "The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact." --C. S. Lewis In From Achilles to Christ, Louis Markos introduces readers to the great narratives of classical mythology from a Christian perspective. From the battles of Achilles and the adventures of Odysseus to the feats of Hercules and the trials of Aeneas, Markos shows how the characters, themes and symbols within these myths both foreshadow and find their fulfillment in the story of Jesus Christ--the "myth made fact." Along the way, he dispels misplaced fears about the dangers of reading classical literature, and offers a Christian approach to the interpretation and appropriation of these great literary works. This engaging and eminently readable book is an excellent resource for Christian students, teachers and readers of classical literature. |
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... Athens to do with Jerusalem? That is to say, is there—indeed, should there be—a meeting ground between the Judeo-Christian strain that proceeds out of Jerusalem and the humanistic Greco-Roman strain that proceeds out of Athens? For ...
... Athens to do with Jerusalem? That is to say, is there—indeed, should there be—a meeting ground between the Judeo-Christian strain that proceeds out of Jerusalem and the humanistic Greco-Roman strain that proceeds out of Athens? For ...
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... Athens (Acts 17). In this thrilling, bridge-building speech, Paul begins his proclamation of Christ's resurrection—the heart of the gospel as it is taught and disseminated in Acts—by complimenting the Athenians on their building of an ...
... Athens (Acts 17). In this thrilling, bridge-building speech, Paul begins his proclamation of Christ's resurrection—the heart of the gospel as it is taught and disseminated in Acts—by complimenting the Athenians on their building of an ...
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... Athens had harbored one of the oldest religious cults in Greece, a cult that practiced rites so secret that to this day we know little of what went on at their ceremonies. Still, nearly all scholars agree that their worship was centered ...
... Athens had harbored one of the oldest religious cults in Greece, a cult that practiced rites so secret that to this day we know little of what went on at their ceremonies. Still, nearly all scholars agree that their worship was centered ...
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... Athens and Jerusalem. Though the university was never built, the discourses were published as The Idea of a University, and in this form they continue to beckon believers in the Christian revelation to consider the legacy of the ...
... Athens and Jerusalem. Though the university was never built, the discourses were published as The Idea of a University, and in this form they continue to beckon believers in the Christian revelation to consider the legacy of the ...
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A History of Conflict | 36 |
Civilization versus Barbarism | 49 |
A New Ethic | 60 |
From Wrath to Reconciliation | 69 |
Coming of Age | 79 |
The Tragedy of Character | 157 |
The Naïve and the Sentimental | 167 |
Apollonian versus Dionysiac | 179 |
VIRGIL | 191 |
The Sacred History of Rome | 193 |
The Making of a Roman Epic | 202 |
The Fall of Troy | 210 |
Aeneas and Dido | 219 |
Coming Home | 89 |
The Journeys of Odysseus | 100 |
THE GREEK TRAGEDIANS | 113 |
The Birth of Tragedy | 115 |
Pagan Poets and Hebrew Prophets | 124 |
The Human Scapegoat | 135 |
Questions of Duty | 146 |
To Hell and Back | 229 |
Just War? | 237 |
The Myth Made Fact | 247 |
Bibliographical Essay | 251 |
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