Athens, Arden, Jerusalem

Download or read book Athens, Arden, Jerusalem written by Paul T. Wilford and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays aims to explore fundamental questions about God, human nature, and political life through careful readings of the Greek poets, the Hebrew Bible, and Shakespeare. The volume investigates the abiding tension between the Hebraic and the Hellenic dimensions of the Western soul through an examination of profound literary, philosophic, and theological reflections on topics as various as friendship, marriage, tyranny, sovereignty, sin, forgiveness, comedy, tragedy, and contemplation. Offered in honor of Mera J. Flaumenhaft, the essays reflect the intellectual rigor, moral seriousness, and disciplined imagination of her scholarship and teaching.