Re-appropriating "Marvelous Fables"

Re-appropriating
Author: Noel Pretila
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2013-10-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625640951

"Edwin Hatch provided a colorful portrait of the religious world to which Justin Martyr belonged: ""The main subject-matter of . . . literary education [amongst the pagans] was the poets. . . . They were read as we read the Bible. They were committed to memory. The minds of men were saturated with them. A quotation from Homer or from a tragic poet was apposite on all occasions and in every kind of society"" (The Influence of Greek Ideas on Christianity, 1957). So when some of these pagans converted to Christianity in Justin's day, is it reasonable to assume that they simply ""forgot"" these mythical narratives in which they had been reared from childhood? Re-appropriating ""Marvelous Fables"" sets out to argue that this was hardly the case. Rather, Justin in 1 Apology can be seen taking full advantage of this mythical framework that still loomed large in the minds of fledgling Christian believers and students in his care--masterfully re-appropriating this popular form of religious discourse for the purpose of solidifying their newfound faith."

The Chimaera

The Chimaera
Author: Amelia LaRoche
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2011-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 161228194X

The ancient Greeks believed monsters lurked on land, underwater, in the sky, and below Earth’s surface in the Underworld. Many tales tell of the Greek heroes who faced them. Plays, poems, paintings, and sculptures commemorating these tales have survived for centuries—and artists in all genres include them in their works. One of ancient mythology’s most horrible monsters was a fire-breathing lion with a snake for a tail and a goat’s head rising from the middle of her back. The Chimaera wreaked havoc in her native land by snatching up and eating livestock and people. It wasn’t until a young warrior named Bellerophon tamed another creature born from a monster—a huge flying horse—that this three-headed beast could be stopped. Read a version of the Chimaera myth, and learn a little about how this wild and unlikely story might have come to be.

Astronomy

Astronomy
Author: Arthur McCracken Harding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1935
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN:

My Pal, Blaise

My Pal, Blaise
Author: Richard Leviton
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2012-09-04
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781475948103

In 2020 angels of a high order started incarnating on Earth as humans. In early 2020 guards at Teotihuacan, an archeological site in Mexico, find eight fat handwritten notebooks on a ledge at the Palace of the Jaguars. They purport to be the journal, and maybe last testament, of an American, age 69, hiding out in the high desert of New Mexico and on the run from intelligence agencies. He sums up his life spent with a most unusual colleague named Blaise. The journal entries span seven months in 2019 then end as 2020 begins, but they cover the history of the Earth. Offered in a matter-of-fact manner, the writers revelations grow increasingly alarming and hard to credit. Wormholes on the Earth. Pleiadian influence in human evolution. Hyperdimensional Light grids. Clairvoyant scientists. Shapeshifting Ascended Masters. Accounts of planetwide psychic access. An apparitional theater of mythic figures. Angels 60 billion years old on the verge of human incarnation. Yet the journals, written with warmth, fondness, and amusement, read like the memoir of truly one mans best friend, Blaiseyet this Blaise is too big, too old, too vast to be a human. What then? And who wrote the journals? He seems untraceable. In 2023 the notebooks passed to Dartmouth College professor Frederick Graham Atkinson, Ph.D., who, starting in 2025, prepared them for publication, adding helpful editorial notes. The journals, though never intended for publication by their author and its a miracle they survived the desert and years in a dusty unused office, Dr. Atkinson states, offer an unusual, often inspiring, and mostly astonishing report of the inner affairs of planet, culture, myth, humanity, the spiritual world, and where its all heading.

The Horse in Human History

The Horse in Human History
Author: Pita Kelekna
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2009-04-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521516595

This book assesses the impact of the horse on human society from 4000 BC to 2000 AD, by first describing initial horse domestication on the Pontic-Caspian steppes and the early development of driving and riding technologies. It traces the radiation of newly mobile equestrian cultures across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It then documents the transmission of steppe chariotry and cavalry to sedentary states, the high economic importance of the horse, and the socio-political evolution of equestrian empires, which from antiquity into the modern era expanded across continents.

Peace

Peace
Author: Aristophanes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1625580630

A rollicking attack on war-makers, the farmer-hero makes his famous trip to heaven on a dung beetle to discuss the issues with Zeus.

Re-Appropriating 'Marvellous Fables'

Re-Appropriating 'Marvellous Fables'
Author: Noel Wayne Pretila
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0227902688

Edwin Hatch provided a colourful portrait of the religious world to which Justin Martyr belonged: The main subject-matter of ... literary education [amongst the pagans] was the poets. ... They were read as we read the Bible. They were committed to memory. The minds of men were saturated with them. A quotation from Homer or from a tragic poet was apposite on all occasions and in every kind of society (The Influence of Greek Ideas on Christianity, 1957). So when some of these pagans converted to Christianity in Justin's day, is it reasonable to assume that they simply

Gemini and the Sacred

Gemini and the Sacred
Author: Kimberley C. Patton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2022-10-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1786725916

Why do twins remain uncanny to those born alone-in other words, most of us? Even with the rise of IVF and an increase in multiple births, why do we still do “a double take” when we encounter twins? Why has this been a near-universal response throughout human history, and how has it played out in religion and myth? Through the work of leading scholars in religion, folklore and mythology, history, anthropology, and archaeology, Gemini and the Sacred explores how twinship has long been imagined, especially in the complex relationship of sacred twin traditions to “twins on the ground” in biology and lived experience. The book considers the multiple ways in which the “doubling” of a human being may be interpreted as auspicious and powerful-or suppressed as unstable and dangerous. Why has this been so and how does it affect living twins today? Treating both famous and lesser-known twins-including supernatural animal twins-in the ancient Near Eastern and classical Mediterranean worlds; early Christianity and Gnosticism; Vedic, Hindu, West African, Black Atlantic, and native American traditions; ancient Mesoamerica, Celtic Roman Britain, and Scandinavia; and in the special, fraught bond shared by all twins, the book offers a variety of perspectives on this topic of great cultural significance.

Behind The Clouds

Behind The Clouds
Author: Shruti Riya
Publisher: Shruti Riya
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Behind The Clouds is a beautifully illustrated, fascinating guide to all 88 constellations. It gives the exact location of every constellation, the details of its structure, as well as its surrounding astronomical neighbors. A perfect for experienced stargazers and beginners alike, it will have you exploring the heavens in no time. Whether you’re new to astronomy or are an experienced stargazer simply looking to learn more about the constellations, this book is an invaluable guide to the night sky and the stars to be found there. The highlights include: * The myths and legends associated with the stars * Bright stars and multiple stars * Star clusters * Nebulae * Galaxies Combining art, mythology, and science, Behind The Clouds gives readers a tour of the night sky. Prologue The stars & the constellations are the shelters of glitter which provide a home to the homeless. It’s true love, not lust; An Opinion, not a judgment; The genuine care, not brag; The late-night talks of the loved one remained untold. The emotion and feeling of being bound with anyone, similar to you are the grateful feelings. The shining glitters contain a message for us, the message of being alive... When someone dear to us criticizes us, we shatter into a million pieces. The stars resemble those shattered pieces, And the constellations join them. The indication of not being alone. The night sky is the place that takes away loneliness and provides an indication of belonging to a bigger; world with many people like us. They share their story & We share ours.

Incredible Teacher

Incredible Teacher
Author: Yi JiuTian
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 1837
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1649359799

During this experience, the super young master, Fang Qin, transformed into a commoner and began his ordinary journey. However, if the Heavens did not fulfil one's wish, then all sorts of troubles would come knocking on one's door. It was impossible for him to be calm even if he wanted to? That big bro will transform into a dragon and stir up the winds and clouds!