Homer's Odyssey and the Near East

Bruce Louden

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Classical Antiquity Studies Biblical Studies and Interpretation Classical Studies and Philology

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Introduction 1. Divine councils and apocalyptic myth 2. Theoxeny: Odyssey 1, 3, 13-22, and Genesis 18-19 3. Romance: the Odyssey and the myth of Joseph (Genesis 37, 39-47) 4. Helen and Rahab (Joshua 2), Menelaus and Jacob (Genesis 32:22-32) 5. Ogygia and creation myth, Kalypso and Ishtar 6. Argonautic myth: Odysseus and Nausikaa/Circe, Jason and Medea, Jacob and Rachel (Odyssey 6-8, 10-12, 13.1-187, Genesis 28-33) 7. Odysseus and Jonah: sea-monsters and the fantastic voyage 8. The combat myth: Polyphemos and Humbaba 9. Catabasis, consultation, and the vision: Odyssey 11, 1 Samuel 28, Gilgamesh 12, Aeneid 6, and the Book of Revelation 10. Odyssey 12 and Exodus 32: Odysseus and Moses, the people defy their leader and rebel against God 11. The suitors and the depiction of impious men in wisdom literature 12. Odysseus and Jesus: the King returns, unrecognized and abused in his own Kingdom 13. Contained apocalypse: Odyssey 12, 13, 22 and 24, Exodus 32 (and Genesis 18-19) Conclusion.

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