Reconstructing Western Civilization: Irreverant Essays on AntiquityThis is a collection of eleven essays, laced with humor and irony, on the Dawn of Man, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hebrews, Minoans and Mycenaens, classical Greece, Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic world, Rome's Republic and Empire, and several church fathers (Irenaeus, Tertullian, Jerome, and Augustine) who influenced the Primitive Church. Tinsley highlights current research while showcasing themes of contemporary as well as ancient significance - misogyny, the manipulation of rhetoric to justify privilege, the contributions of the anonymous to the well-being of the famous, the paradox of progress, the distortion of prophecy, the use and misuse of myth and other media, the exploitation of spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual resources, the comforts and perils of provincialism versus the dangers and benefits of organization - spiritual, imperial, or both. |
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Middlemen The Civilizations of Mesopotamia | 26 |
Forever Egypt | 50 |
Our Hebrew Heritage | 75 |
Crete and Mycenae | 102 |
Classical Greece | 121 |
Alexander and the Hellenistic World | 155 |
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