The parts for the whole

parataxic mentality in Homer and the Old Testament

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https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_24_5

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Homer, Old Testament, Anthropology

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate the existence of a parataxic mentality both in Homeric works and in the Old Testament, establishing a parallel to show that the body, as a living organic unit, which is shown through its parts that express not only the whole but also the individual. Therefore, there is a possible relationship between what Giovanni Reale understood as the “parataxic mentality” of Homeric poems, and what Hans Walter Wolff indicates as the “stereometric-synthetic thinking” of the Old Testament. By attesting this relation and similarity between the mentalities of the Old Testament and the Homeric works, it’s shown not only the importance of a comparative study but also a renewal of both the anthropological grammar of these texts and the history of the anthropological concepts in Ancient Greece and even in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

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Archai Journal nº24 (September, 2018)

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2018-09-01

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Ruppenthal Neto, W., & Frighetto, R. (2018). The parts for the whole: parataxic mentality in Homer and the Old Testament. Revista Archai, (24), 159. https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_24_5

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No. 24 (2018): Archai Journal nº24 (September, 2018)

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