Christenson, David
(ed.)
White, Cynthia
(ed.)
Editorial: Bloomsbury
Número de páginas: 248 págs. 23.4 x 15.6 cm
Fecha de edición: 04-04-2024
EAN: 9781350344679
ISBN: 978-1-350-34467-9
Precio (sin IVA): 120,35 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 125,16 €
The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception. Individual themes include religious mystery; calendrical and cyclical thinking as ordering principles of human experience; divine birth and the manifold nature of divinity (both awesome and terrifying); contemplation of the sky and meteorological (ir)regularity; fears associated with overpowering natural and anthropogenic events; and the aspirations and limitations of human expression.