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The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])
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Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer
Introduction
The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible
“Homer and Bible… towered above their predecessors and contemporaries.”
Introduction
The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible
“By examining the pottery on any given site you can tell during which periods it has been occupied.”
Source: Adventures in the Nearest East (1957), Ch.1 Exploring Edom and Moab
“When the characters of epic and heroic saga are on significant missions, they are led divinely.”
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer
Source: Adventures in the Nearest East (1957), Ch.1 Exploring Edom and Moab
“The notion of a language of the gods appears in Sanskrit, Greek, Old Norse and Hittite cultures.”
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer
The same holds for Homeric Epic that has been subjected to the same kinds of modern literary criticism.
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible