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Myth, symbol, and reality

Title
Myth, symbol, and reality / edited by Alan M. Olson.
Publication
  • Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [1980]
  • ©1980

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Additional Authors
Olson, Alan M.
Description
xiv, 189 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Boston University studies in philosophy and religion ; v. 1
Uniform Title
Boston University studies in philosophy and religion ; v. 1.
Subject
  • Myth
  • Symbolism
  • Hermeneutics > Religious aspects
  • Reality
  • Hermeneutics
  • Symbolism
  • myths
  • symbolism (artistic concept)
  • hermeneutics
  • Hermeneutics
  • Hermeneutics > Religious aspects
  • Myth
  • Reality
  • Mythos
  • Symbol
  • Mythe
  • Symbolisme
  • Herméneutique
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The challenge of myth. -- Myth as an "ambush of reality" / Herbert Mason -- Myth and history / Elie Wiesel -- Reality, myth, symbol / Bernard J.F. Longeran, S.J. -- pt. 2. The study of symbol and myth. -- Symbolic aspects of myth / Jacques Waardenburg -- Relational ontology and hermeneutics / Harold H. Oliver -- Religious and poetical speaking / Hans-George Gadamer -- Myth, symbol, and metaphorical truth / Alan M. Olson. -- pt. 3. Interpretations of myth. -- The spoken word and the work of interpretation in American Indian religion / Dennis Tedlock -- Myth and miracle : Isis, wisdom, and the logos of John / Howard Clark Kee -- The myths of Plato / J.N. Findlay.
ISBN
  • 0268013462
  • 9780268013462
  • 9780268013493 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
80011617
OCLC
  • ocm06085512
  • 6085512
  • SCSB-29699
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library