Gods and Men: The Origins of Western Culture (1959 Parkes), book

Gods and Men: The Origins of Western Culture (1959) is a book by Henry Bamford Parkes.

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Knopf, 1959.

Table of contents

Introduction: The myths of Western civilization -- 1. Primitive and Near Eastern backgrounds: The culture of the hunters -- The culture of the peasants -- The theocratic civilizations -- Near Eastern imperialisms -- The Axial period -- 2. Judaism: The Mosaic tradition -- The prophetic movement -- Post-exilic Judaism -- 3. Hellenism: The foundation of Greek civilization -- The rise of the polis -- The Athenian Golden Age -- The debacle -- The Platonic reaction -- Aristotle and Alexander -- The Hellenistic era -- The rise of Rome -- The principate -- The end of Hellenism -- 4. Christianity: The Gospel of Jesus -- The mission to the gentiles -- The triumph of the church -- The dawn of Western civilization

External links

• [ Google Books]