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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... hearts to the possibility that their journey would draw them to a higher truth than the one in which they were raised. They did not know what that truth would be, and yet as they were (like Cornelius and the Ethiopian eunuch) God ...
... hearts to the possibility that their journey would draw them to a higher truth than the one in which they were raised. They did not know what that truth would be, and yet as they were (like Cornelius and the Ethiopian eunuch) God ...
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... heart of the gospel as it is taught and disseminated in Acts—by complimenting the Athenians on their building of an altar to an unknown god. Rather than expose their pagan idolatry as a simple species of darkness and depravity, Paul ...
... heart of the gospel as it is taught and disseminated in Acts—by complimenting the Athenians on their building of an altar to an unknown god. Rather than expose their pagan idolatry as a simple species of darkness and depravity, Paul ...
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... heart, therefore, of the Eleusinian mysteries was a faith in the rebirth of spring, a firm hope that life could spring out of death and that we, perhaps, could share in that new life. If I am right and the Greeks of John's Gospel were ...
... heart, therefore, of the Eleusinian mysteries was a faith in the rebirth of spring, a firm hope that life could spring out of death and that we, perhaps, could share in that new life. If I am right and the Greeks of John's Gospel were ...
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... heart of the Eleusinian mysteries. In the same way, John's discussion of the Logos in his prologue, regardless of whether it was inspired by Greek or Hebrew thought, is a representation of God, Christ and the universe that would speak ...
... heart of the Eleusinian mysteries. In the same way, John's discussion of the Logos in his prologue, regardless of whether it was inspired by Greek or Hebrew thought, is a representation of God, Christ and the universe that would speak ...
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... heart after what it has not, and its presentiment of its true remedies, are to be ascribed to the Author of all good.6 Despite the fact that our world and our humanity are fallen, God's hand can still be discerned in the laws and the ...
... heart after what it has not, and its presentiment of its true remedies, are to be ascribed to the Author of all good.6 Despite the fact that our world and our humanity are fallen, God's hand can still be discerned in the laws and 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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