Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness Narrative, Nature, and Religious Identity Formation from the Babylonians to the Late Antique Christians
Book contents
- Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness
- Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Wilderness and Narrative
- 2 Approaching Ancient Wildernesses
- 3 The Mountain Forest Wilderness and Old Babylonian Heroes
- 4 Raging against the Dying of the Light
- 5 Wilderness Memories
- 6 Wild Men
- 7 The Wilderness in Isaiah
- 8 Wilderness Mythology in Jesus Devotion and Early Christianity
- 9 If You Wish to Change Your Life
- 10 Training Transformability
- 11 Wilderness and Religion
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Wilderness and Narrative
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 April 2025
Book contents
- Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness
- Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Wilderness and Narrative
- 2 Approaching Ancient Wildernesses
- 3 The Mountain Forest Wilderness and Old Babylonian Heroes
- 4 Raging against the Dying of the Light
- 5 Wilderness Memories
- 6 Wild Men
- 7 The Wilderness in Isaiah
- 8 Wilderness Mythology in Jesus Devotion and Early Christianity
- 9 If You Wish to Change Your Life
- 10 Training Transformability
- 11 Wilderness and Religion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This introductory chapter presents the book and its most important arguments; it also provides brief overviews of the arguments of each chapter.
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- Ancient Mythologies of the WildernessNarrative, Nature, and Religious Identity Formation from the Babylonians to the Late Antique Christians, pp. 1 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025