Coping With the Gods : Wayward Readings in Greek Theology
Henk. Versnel
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Leiden : : BRILL, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (608 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One Many Gods Complications of Polytheism; Chapter Two The Gods Divine Justice or Divine Arbitrariness?; Chapter Three One God Three Greek Experiments in Oneness; Chapter Four A God Why is Hermes Hungry?; Chapter Five God the Question of Divine Omnipotence; Chapter Six Playing (the) God did (the) Greeks Believe in the Divinity of their Rulers?; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; Greek Words; General Index. - Abandoning monolithic approaches and embracing the possibility of inconsistencies and incongruities in Greek thought, behaviour, and culture, this book investigates how ancient Greeks could validate the complementarity of dissonant, if not contradictory, representations in e.g.polytheism, theodicy, divine omnipotence and ruler cult.
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| ISBN | 9789004204904
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