Parallel Myths
$35.26
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 December 1994
Summary
“Unusually accessible and useful … An eye-opener to readers into the universality and importance of myth in human history and culture.” - William E. Paden, Chair, Department of Religion, University of Vermont
For as long as human beings have had language, they have had myths. Mythology is our earliest form of literary expression and the foundation of all history and morality. Now, in Parallel Myths, classical scholar J. F. Bierlein gathers the key myths from all of the world’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345381460 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345381467 |
| Author: | J.F. Bierlein |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 December 1994 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 140mm x 209mm |
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Critics Review
“Unusually accessible and useful … An eye-opener to readers into the universality and importance of myth in human history and culture.”—William E. Paden, Chair, Department of Religion, University of Vermont
“A first-class introduction to mythology … Written with great clarity and sensitivity.”—John G. Selby, Associate Professor, Roanoke College
J.F. Bierlein
J. F. Bierlein, the author of Parallel Myths and The Book of Ages, teaches in the Washington Semester and World Capitals Program at American University in Washington, and also works for a social sciences consulting firm. Multilingual, he is deeply interested in theology, existentialism, art, opera, and the study of classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Hebrew, as well as other languages. Professor Bierlein and his wife, Heather Diehl, live in northern Virginia.
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