Historicization of myth : the metaphor "Jesus - child of God" and its Hellenistic-Semitic and Greco-Roman background

Historicization of myth : the metaphor "Jesus - child of God" and its Hellenistic-Semitic and Greco-Roman background

In the year 2000 the birthday of Jesus of Nazareth two millennia ago is celebrated. If Jesus was seen as merely a historical figure, the significance of his life would be no different from that of people like Socrates or Alexander the Great. In Greco-Roman culture Alexander the Great, among other he...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)
Other Authors: Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953-
Language:Eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Jesus Christ historicity
Son of God
Hellenistic-Semitic
Greco-Roman
Birth of Jesus
Death of Jesus
Historical Jesus
Myth
Historization
Greek-Roman literature
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22777
Van Aarde, A.G. 2007. Historicization of myth : the metaphor "Jesus - child of God" and its Hellenistic-Semitic and Greco-Roman background, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22777>
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01112007-145002/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22777
Van Aarde, A.G. 2007. Historicization of myth : the metaphor "Jesus - child of God" and its Hellenistic-Semitic and Greco-Roman background, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22777>
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01112007-145002/

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