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Middle Eastern Mythology - Softcover

Hooke, Samuel H.

 
9780486435510: Middle Eastern Mythology
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0486435512 ISBN 13: 9780486435510
Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2004

Inhaltsangabe

The role of mythology in ritual and its place in the origins of customs, cults, and hero worship are the fascinating subjects of this comparative survey. Based on firsthand sources, it recounts legends of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, and Canaanites, in addition to discussing the mythological elements of Jewish apocalyptic literature and the New Testament.
S. H. Hooke, a distinguished scholar who taught at the University of London and served as Speaker's Lecturer at Oxford University, presents a well-documented commentary. Accessible and informative, his text highlights the similarities between a variety of Middle Eastern legends and offers revealing citations from documents, tablets, and inscriptions recovered by archaeological excavations. Familiar stories such as the events described in Genesis and those surrounding Noah's flood and Christ's nativity and resurrection — whatever their basis in fact — have parallels in other cultures. Professor Hooke provides a broad perspective on these and other tales, encompassing the roots of Greek, Roman, and even Celtic mythology.

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Verlag
Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0486435512
ISBN 13 
9780486435510
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
198
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