Readings in Western Religious Thought: The ancient worldPatrick Reid Paulist Press, 1987 - 395 Seiten An anthology of primary readings in ancient western religious thought from the beginnings of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt (c. 3000 B.C.E.) to the collapse of the Roman Empire (c. 450 C.E.). + |
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The Descent of Ishtar into the Nether World An Akkadian Fertility Myth | 23 |
The Code of Hammurabi A Mesopotamian Law Code | 26 |
Egypt | 29 |
On Isis and Osiris Plutarchs Summary of the Osiris Myth | 32 |
The Book of the Dead An Egyptian View of Judgement in the Afterlife | 34 |
Republic | 141 |
HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN RELIGIONS | 159 |
Hymn to ZeusStoical Theology | 160 |
Epistal to Menoeceus Epicureanism | 162 |
The Praises of Isis The Cult of Isis | 164 |
Metamorphoses The Mysteries of Isis | 166 |
Laws Ancient Roman Religion | 171 |
The Dream of Scipio in On the Republic | 175 |
The Instruction for MeriKaRe Egyptian Wisdom | 37 |
The Hymn to the Aton The Religion of Akhenaton | 39 |
ISRAEL AND THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES | 43 |
Genesis The Primeval History and Abraham Story | 44 |
Exodus The Exodus and Sinai Revelation | 46 |
The Former Prophets | 50 |
12 Samuel The David Story | 51 |
The Prophets | 54 |
Amos | 55 |
Hosea | 57 |
Isaiah | 59 |
Jeremiah | 61 |
Second Isaiah 4055 | 63 |
Ezra and Nehemiah | 66 |
The Writings | 67 |
Proverbs | 68 |
The Book of Job | 71 |
The Book of Daniel | 75 |
Ancient and Classical Greek Religion | 81 |
The Iliad Homers War Epic | 82 |
The Odyssey Homers Journey Epic | 99 |
The Works and Days A Greek Didactic Poem | 108 |
The Theogony A Greek Myth of Origins | 119 |
The Mystery Religions | 127 |
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter The Elusian Mysteries | 128 |
The Bacchae The Cult of Dionysus | 133 |
Socrates and Plato The Search for a Rational Theology | 135 |
The Aeneid Romes National Epic | 181 |
The Jewish Sects from Antiquities of the Jews | 269 |
The Creation of the World | 271 |
The Enneads | 275 |
THE NEW TESTAMENT | 283 |
The Letters of Paul | 285 |
Galatians | 287 |
1 Corinthians | 289 |
Romans | 294 |
The Gospels | 299 |
Marks Gospel | 300 |
The Gospel of Matthew | 308 |
LukeActs | 316 |
The Gospel of John | 328 |
Revelation The Christian Apocalypse | 335 |
THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS AND EARLY CHRISTOLOGICAL COUNCILS c 100450 CE | 340 |
The First Apology A Defense of Christianity | 343 |
Against Heresies The Struggle with Gnosticism | 350 |
The Prescription Against Heretics A Christian Opposition to Philosophy | 354 |
On First Principles A Christian NeoPlatonic Theology | 359 |
The Incarnation of the Word of God The Arian Controversy | 369 |
The Council of Nicaea The Rejection of Arianism | 375 |
The Council of Chalcedon Later Christological Controversy | 376 |
The Life of Antony The Beginnings of Christian Monasticism | 379 |
The Confessions A Christian Spiritual Autobiography | 385 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Achaians Achilles Achilleus Aeneas Anchises ancient Apollo apostles Athene Augustine beginning believe blessed body Book called century C.E. Christ Christian Church daughter death Demeter destiny Dido disciples divine earth Egypt Enkidu Enlil epic evil faith fate father follow friends Gentiles gifts Gilgamesh give glory Gnostic God's goddess gods gospel Greek hand heart heaven Hebrew Hellenistic Hesiod holy Homer honor Horus human immortal Ishtar Isis Israel Israelite Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews journey Juno Jupiter justice killed king kingdom Kronos land live Lord Luke Marduk mortal Moses mother mystery religions myth Odysseus Osiris Paul Paul's philosophy Plato Plotinus Priam priest prophets punishment religion religious resurrection Roman Rome salvation Scriptures ships Socrates soul spirit spoke story teaching tell temple thee things thou Tiamat tradition Trojans Troy truth Urshanabi Uruk Utnapishtim vision weapons wisdom words Zeus