Category Archives: Ancient Mesopotamian

Homer’s Odyssey and the Old Testament: Bruce Louden

Bruce Louden asks a good question (and gives one very good answer to it) in the ‘Introduction’ to his recent book, Homer’s Odyssey and the Near East (Cambridge University Press, 2011), p. 5: Why do commentators usually omit consideration of the substantial parallels … Continue reading

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