Gods and men : the origins of Western culture /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
1959.
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The myths of Western civilization
- 1. Primitive and Near Eastern backgrounds: The culture of the hunters
- The culture of the peasants
- The theocratic civilizations
- Near Eastern imperialisms
- The Axial period
- 2. Judaism: The Mosaic tradition
- The prophetic movement
- Post-exilic Judaism
- 3. Hellenism: The foundation of Greek civilization
- The rise of the polis
- The Athenian Golden Age
- The debacle
- The Platonic reaction
- Aristotle and Alexander
- The Hellenistic era
- The rise of Rome
- The principate
- The end of Hellenism
- 4. Christianity: The Gospel of Jesus
- The mission to the gentiles
- The triumph of the church
- The dawn of Western civilization.