An ancient theory of religion : Euhemerism from antiquity to the present /

"This book examines Euhemerism - a theory of religion developed by Euhemerus of Messene in the late 4th through early 3rd centuries BCE - tracing the history and reception of the theory in antiquity and in early Christianity, where it was adopted and reshaped for particular religious and ideolo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roubekas, Nickolas P
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York: Routledge, 2017.
Series:Routledge monographs in classical studies
Subjects:
Euhemerism.
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gaSuDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=9781138848931&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiny9f4vu_gAhUQgUsFHRMCCCgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=9781138848931&f=false
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why study Euhemerism?
  • Euhemerus's Euhemerism
  • Before Euhemerus
  • Returning to the sources
  • Euhemerism and atheism
  • Euhemerus, divine kingship, and irony
  • Citing the citations: anti-pagan Euhemerism and identity formation
  • Turning the tables: anti-Christian Euhemerism in Celsus
  • Seeing "Euhemerism" everywhere
  • Afterword: on the use and abuse of a theory.

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