Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness: Narrative, Nature, and Religious Identity Formation from the Babylonians to the Late Antique Christians

by Laura Feldt

Ancient wilderness mythologies have been criticised for their role in forming anthropocentric outlooks on the natural world, and idealising human separateness from the rest of the living world. Laura Feldt here challenges these ideas and presents a new approach to the question of the formative role of ancient wilderness mythologies. Analysing seminal ancient myths from Mesopotamia and ancient Jewish and Christian texts, she argues that these narratives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 100957454X
• ISBN13: 9781009574549
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 344 Pages