Biographies of Philosophers
and Rulers as Instruments of Religious Propaganda in Mediterranean
Antiquity
by Charles H. Talbert, Winston-Salem,
N. C.
Table of Contents
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| I. Types of Biographies of Philosophers and Rulers |
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1. F. Lao's Classification of Biographies
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2. Classification according to Social Function
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| II. Cultic Connections of Such Biographies |
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1. The Use of Myth |
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a) The Myths Employed |
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b) The Meaning of Such a Use of Myth |
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2. The Link between the Life and the Teaching/Laws
of the Hero |
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3. The Use of Succession Lists or Narratives
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| III. The Place of the Synoptic Gospels Among Such Biographies
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1. In Relation to the Functional Types |
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2. In Relation to the Use of Myth |
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3. In Relation to a Link between the Life
and Teaching/Laws of the Hero |
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4. In Relation to the Use of a Succession
List or Narrative |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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