Amitay, Ory, <br/><br/>
From Alexander to Jesus / 
Ory Amitay. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  ©2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 246 pages). 
 - Hellenistic culture and society ;  52 .
 - Hellenistic culture and society ;  52. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520948174 0520948173 1283277468 9781283277464 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/cttt1q08  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Alexander, the Great,  356 B.C.-323 B.C. <br/>Alexander, the Great,  356 B.C.-323 B.C. --Legends.<br/>Alexander, the Great,  356 B.C.-323 B.C. --Influence.<br/>Jesus Christ.<br/>Alexander, the Great  356 B.C.-323 B.C. --Influence.--Legends<br/>Jesus Christ--Influence.--Legends<br/>Alexander, the Great,  356 B.C.-323 B.C <br/>Jesus Christ.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>359-323 B.C 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Generals--Greece--Biography.<br/>Christianity.<br/>Church history.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.<br/>HISTORY--Ancient.<br/>HISTORY--Ancient--General.<br/>Christianity.<br/>Church history.<br/>Generals.<br/>Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)<br/>Kings and rulers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography.<br/>Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.<br/>Greece.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Biography<br/>History<br/>Legends
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DF234.2  / .A48 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>938/.07092