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03327aam a2200373 a 4500 001 41CAA93464CA11E0AE800D9B6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110412010057 008 100927s2011 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010041674 020 $a 0521768209 (hardback) 020 $a 9780521768207 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)653083442 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d UKM $d YDXCP $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d PUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PA4167 $b .L67 2011 050 00 $a PA4167 $b .L67 2011 084 $a LCO003000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Louden, Bruce, $d 1954- 245 1 $a Homer's Odyssey and the Near East / $c Bruce Louden. 260 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2011. 300 $a vii, 356 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Divine councils and apocalyptic myth; 2. Theoxeny: Odyssey 1, 3, 13-22, and Genesis 18-19; 3. Romance: the Odyssey and the myth of Joseph (Genesis 37, 39-47); 4. Helen and Rahab (Joshua 2), Menelaus and Jacob (Genesis 32:22-32); 5. Ogygia and creation myth, Kalypso and Ishtar; 6. Argonautic myth: Odysseus and Nausikaa/Circe, Jason and Medea, Jacob and Rachel (Odyssey 6-8, 10-12, 13.1-187, Genesis 28-33); 7. Odysseus and Jonah: sea-monsters and the fantastic voyage; 8. The combat myth: Polyphemos and Humbaba; 9. Catabasis, consultation, and the vision: Odyssey 11, 1 Samuel 28, Gilgamesh 12, Aeneid 6, and the Book of Revelation; 10. Odyssey 12 and Exodus 32: Odysseus and Moses, the people defy their leader and rebel against God; 11. The suitors and the depiction of impious men in wisdom literature; 12. Odysseus and Jesus: the King returns, unrecognized and abused in his own Kingdom; 13. Contained apocalypse: Odyssey 12, 13, 22 and 24, Exodus 32 (and Genesis 18-19); Conclusion. 520 $a "The Odyssey's larger plot is composed of a number of distinct genres of myth, all of which are extant in various Near Eastern cultures (Mesopotamian, West Semitic, Egyptian). Unexpectedly, the Near Eastern culture with which the Odyssey has the most parallels is the Old Testament. Consideration of how much of the Odyssey focuses on non-heroic episodes - hosts receiving guests, a king disguised as a beggar, recognition scenes between long-separated family members - reaffirms the Odyssey's parallels with the Bible. In particular the book argues that the Odyssey is in a dialogic relationship with Genesis, which features the same three types of myth that comprise the majority of the Odyssey: theoxeny, romance (Joseph in Egypt), and Argonautic myth (Jacob winning Rachel from Laban). The Odyssey also offers intriguing parallels to the Book of Jonah, and Odysseus' treatment by the suitors offers close parallels to the Gospels' depiction of Christ in Jerusalem"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Homer. $t Odyssey. 650 0 $a Mythology in literature. 650 0 $a Greek literature $x Relation to the Old Testament. 630 00 $a Bible. $p O.T. $x Extra-canonical parallels. 650 0 $a Mythology, Greek $v Comparative studies. 650 0 $a Mythology, Middle-Eastern $v Comparative studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20110412010601.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=41CAA93464CA11E0AE800D9B6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search