Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Amitay, Ory, author.

Title From Alexander to Jesus / Ory Amitay.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
©2010

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (xii, 246 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Hellenistic culture and society ; 52
Hellenistic culture and society ; 52.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Son of man, son of God -- In the footsteps of Herakles -- The passage to India -- Symbiosis -- Amazon queen -- Post mortem -- Alexander and the end of days -- Alexander and Jesus.
Summary Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. But until now, no comprehensive effort has been made to connect the mythic life and career of Alexander to the stories about Jesus and to the earliest theology of the nascent Christian churches. Ory Amitay delves into a wide range of primary texts in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew to trace Alexander as a mythological figure, from his relationship to his ancestor and rival, Herakles, to the idea of his divinity as the son of a god.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Legends.
Genre/Form Legends.
Subject Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Influence.
Jesus Christ.
Alexander, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. the Great -- Legends -- Influence.
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ -- Legends -- Influence.
Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.)
Generals -- Greece -- Biography.
Generals.
Greece.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Kings and rulers.
Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Christianity.
Christianity.
Church history.
Church history.
Chronological Term 359-323 B.C
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Legends.
Other Form: Print version: Amitay, Ory. From Alexander to Jesus. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520266360 (DLC) 2009049416 (OCoLC)473123558
ISBN 9780520948174 (electronic book)
0520948173 (electronic book)
1283277468
9781283277464
9780520266360 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520266366 (cloth ; alkaline paper)