Myth and History

by Holm, Jean; Bowker, John Westerdale

• ISBN13: 9781855670983
• ISBN10: 1855670984
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Pinter Pub Ltd

Summary

Considerable work has been done on the European exploration of myth, first in the Renaissance and then in the nineteenth century. This book covers an area that is new territory by looking at ways in which this work can contribute to an understanding of the primacy of myth in religious life.
The authors examine the idea of 'mythistory' - the complex relationship in religions between myth and history - and explore the different ways in which religious storytelling is related to the particular enterprise of storytelling that is called history.

Table of Contents

Series Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: Raising the Issues	p. 1
Buddhism	p. 8
Christianity	p. 40
Hinduism	p. 69
Islam	p. 97
Judaism	p. 119
Sikhism	p. 149
Chinese Religions	p. 170
Japanese Religions	p. 182
Index	p. 199
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