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Title Philosophy, religious studies, and myth / edited with introductions by Robert A. Segal
Published New York : Garland Pub., 1996

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Description xi, 411 pages ; 24 cm
Series Theories of myth ; 3
Theories of myth ; 3
Contents Myth and Symbol in Contemporary Philosophy and Theology: The Limits of Demythologizing / R. F. Aldwinckle -- The Meaning of "Mythology" in Relation to the Old Testament / James Barr -- Myth and the New Testament: The Greek Word [actual symbol not reproducible] / C. K. Barrett -- New Testament and Mythology / Rudolf Bultmann -- Judaism and the Modern Political Myths / Ernst Cassirer -- The Mythic / Eric Dardel -- The Meaning and Function of Myth in Greek and Roman Literature / Heinrich Dorrie -- The Prestige of the Cosmogonic Myth / Mircea Eliade -- Myth and Reality / H. Frankfort and H. A. Frankfort -- Mythic Thought in the Ancient Near East / Theodor H. Gaster -- Sumerian Mythology: A Review Article / Thorkild Jacobsen -- Greek Mythology: Some New Perspectives / G. S. Kirk -- Review of The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East / S. N. Kramer -- Myth and the Old Testament / John L. McKenzie
Method in the Study of Near Eastern Myths / R. A. Oden, Jr. -- Inside and Outside the Mouth of God: The Boundary Between Myth and Reality / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty -- The Truth of Myth / Raffaele Pettazzoni -- Introduction: The Symbolic Function of Myths / Paul Ricoeur -- Myth: Some Philosophical Problems / Eliseo Vivas -- Myth in Greek Historiography / A. E. Wardman -- The Semantic Approach to Myth / Philip Wheelwright -- Myth and History in Israelite-Jewish Thought / George Widengren
Analysis Myths
Great Britain
Myths
Welfare work
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Myth -- Study and teaching -- History.
Myth.
Religion -- Philosophy -- Study and teaching -- History.
Religion -- Philosophy.
Religion -- Study and teaching -- History.
Religion -- Study and teaching.
Author Segal, Robert Alan.
LC no. 95043178
ISBN 0815322577 (alk. paper)
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