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The raven, the dove, and the owl of Minerva : the creation of humankind in Athens and Jerusalem / Mark Glouberman.
LIBRA BT702 .G56 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glouberman, M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theological anthropology--Biblical teaching.
- Theological anthropology.
- Philosophical anthropology--Greece--History.
- Philosophical anthropology.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- History.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 356 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "Through a close textual analysis and a contrastive examination of documents from both cultures, Mark Glouberman explores the biblical roots of our Western sense of self-identity and the ways in which non-philosophical Greek materials enhance our understanding of how that cultural view developed. Glouberman illustrates how the Hebrew Scriptures advance a humanist rather than a religious view of human nature. He then shows that this same view is germinally present in non-philosophical writings of archaic and classical Greece. Finally, Glouberman argues that the philosophical style of thinking, the intellectual basis of Greece's contribution to the West, is in fact hostile to what the Bible teaches about human nature, and that central Hellenic figures from outside the philosophical mainstream - notably Homer and Sophocles - are 'biblical' in orientation. Each of Glouberman's theses lends new depth to contemporary research on the Bible as a source of material that illuminates the human condition."--Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Athens and Jerusalem
- In Defense of Perplexity
- Man's Estate
- An Ethical Compass
- Raven's Land
- The Reformation
- Contemplating the Bust of Homer
- Nobodies
- The Birth of Death
- Becoming Political
- Love Stories
- Life & Times
- Misbehaviourism
- Conclusion: On the Carmel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elsie de Renzo Orlando Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781442645059
- 1442645059
- OCLC:
- 808924314
- Publisher Number:
- 99951377924
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