Anatomy of Myth: The Art of Interpretation from the Presocratics to the Church Fathers

by Michael W. Herren

Book Overview

The Anatomy of Myth is a comprehensive study of the different methods of interpreting myths developed by the Greeks, adopted by the Romans, and eventually passed on to Jewish and Christian interpreters of the Bible. Greek thinkers only rarely saw "myth" as a category of thought in its own right. Most often they viewed myths as the creation of poets, or else as an ancient revelation that had been corrupted by them. In the first instance, critics attempted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019060669X
• ISBN13: 9780190606695
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.4"