Tradition and Imagination : Revelation and Change

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Tradition and Imagination : Revelation and ChangeTradition and revelation are often seen as opposites: tradition is viewed as being secondary and reactionary to revelation which is a one off gift from God. Drawing on examples from Christian history, Judaism, Islam, and the classical world, this book challenges these definitions and presents a controversial examination of the effect history and cultural development has on religious belief: its narratives and art. David Brown pays close attention to

many modern scholars have thought that the Alcibiades is not by Plato and it has therefore lacked a decent commentary

Each chapter concentrates on a different area of culture or thought

Far from the chaos of the world live a young Master of Tradition and a group of female warriors

"Our family was: my mother

fear and anguish in a country torn apart by the Civil War

of the Axis Occupation during the Second World War

In some cases visual art provides our only evidence

ούτε σε Ρώσους και Πολωνούς ή Εβραίους

both for ancient Greek notions of what constitutes excellence

including historical examples (especially from Caligula’s horrific reign)

This edition of the Odes was first published in the outstanding ‘red Macmillan’ series

his details of character