From Alexander to Jesus / Ory Amitay.
Series: Hellenistic culture and society ; 52.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 246 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520948174
- 0520948173
- 1283277468
- 9781283277464
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Legends
- 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 -- Legends -- Influence
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
- Jesus Christ
- Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.)
- Generals -- Greece -- Biography
- Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
- Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C
- Christianity
- Church history
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- Ancient
- HISTORY -- Ancient -- General
- Christianity
- Church history
- Generals
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Kings and rulers
- Greece
- 359-323 B.C
- 938/.07092 22
- DF234.2 .A48 2010eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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