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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... HOMER 1 Hesiod's Theogony: In the Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2 Homer's Iliad I: A History of Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3 Homer's Iliad II: Civilization versus Barbarism ...
... HOMER 1 Hesiod's Theogony: In the Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2 Homer's Iliad I: A History of Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3 Homer's Iliad II: Civilization versus Barbarism ...
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... Homer. Still, the mindset and the worldview that underlie the passage quoted above persist with many believers; there is an itch to label darkness and light clearly and to put them in eternally opposing camps. Of course, to be fair to ...
... Homer. Still, the mindset and the worldview that underlie the passage quoted above persist with many believers; there is an itch to label darkness and light clearly and to put them in eternally opposing camps. Of course, to be fair to ...
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... Homer, the teachings of Plato, or the myths of the pagans as one hundred percent false, as an amalgamation of darkness and lies (as Luther strongly suggests), but may affirm those moments when Plato and Homer leap past their human ...
... Homer, the teachings of Plato, or the myths of the pagans as one hundred percent false, as an amalgamation of darkness and lies (as Luther strongly suggests), but may affirm those moments when Plato and Homer leap past their human ...
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... Homer). Though the fullness of deity is found only in Christ and the fullness of his revelation in the Bible alone, the shadow of the Almighty yet hovers and broods over the yearnings of the pre-Christian world. Introduction 23 May we ...
... Homer). Though the fullness of deity is found only in Christ and the fullness of his revelation in the Bible alone, the shadow of the Almighty yet hovers and broods over the yearnings of the pre-Christian world. Introduction 23 May we ...
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... Homer, Virgil and the Greek tragedians. Thus, although elements of Greco-Roman philosophy, theology, history, politics and ethics will appear occasionally in this work, the focus will re- main firmly on the epics and the tragedies. The ...
... Homer, Virgil and the Greek tragedians. Thus, although elements of Greco-Roman philosophy, theology, history, politics and ethics will appear occasionally in this work, the focus will re- main firmly on the epics and the tragedies. 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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