Mythologizing Jesus : from Jewish teacher to epic hero

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Mythologizing Jesus : from Jewish teacher to epic hero

Dennis R. MacDonald

Rowman & Littlefield, c2015

  • : cloth

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Bibliography: p. 155-157

Includes indexes

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内容説明

Our culture is well-populated with superheroes: Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and more. Superheroes are not a modern invention; in fact, they are prehistoric. The gods and goddesses of the Greeks, for example, walked on water, flew, visited the land of the dead, and lived forever. Ancient Christians told similar stories about Jesus, their primary superhero—he possessed incredible powers of healing, walked on water, rose from the dead, and more. Dennis R. MacDonald shows how the stories told in the Gospels parallel many in Greek and Roman epics with the aim of compelling their readers into life-changing decisions to follow Jesus. MacDonald doesn’t call into question the existence of Jesus but rather asks readers to examine the biblical stories about him through a new, mythological lens.

目次

Dedication Mythological Names and Places (Greek and Roman) List of Figures Introduction: The Christian Superhero 1. Born Divine and Human 2. Empowered from Above and Enlisting Sailors 3. Feeding Thousands 4. Master of the Winds 5. Tamer of Monsters 6. Curing an Old Woman and Bringing a Girl back to Life 7. Water Walker 8. Land of the Dead 9. Blind Seer 10. Daring Hero Eats with the Enemy 11. Hero in Disguise Transformed 12. Curing a Boy with a Demon 13. Entering a City in Disguise 14. Clearing out a Den of Robbers 15. Prophet Anointed by a Woman 16. Following a Water Carrier 17. Preparing for Death while Friends Sleep 18. Traitor in the Midst 19. Cowardly Promise Breaker 20. Preferring a Rascal to a Hero 21. Heroic Death and Mourning Women 22. Rescuing a Corpse 23. Living Dead 24. Disappearing into the Sky Conclusion: The Mythologized Jesus and Modern Culture Appendix: The Gospels of Matthew and John Works Cited Further Reading on the Homeric Epics and Greek Mythology Further Reading on the New Testament and Classical Greek Literature

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