Noah in Ancient Greek Art by Robert Bowie Johnson Jr.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Parts of this were a bit odd, and he goes up the stairs three at a time sometimes (needs to show his work more), but it was interesting and provocative.
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Write to the Editor
Doug, I am a Classicist and I can say, from looking at this guy’s website, that he is a complete crank–on the level of Erich von Daeniken and the ancient astronaut crowd. He shows no awareness whatsoever of the massive amount of detailed scholarship in the fields over which he presumes to proclaim judgment, and very little grasp of theology and biblical history, either (seriously, a ‘reborn serpent’s Eve’, Athena, who rebirthed the line of ‘Kain’ after the Flood? the violent, rapacious, and uncontrollably lustful centaurs–or as he has it, ‘Kentaurs’–as the godly line of Seth?). His decision to slander… Read more »
You beat me to the punch Philipp
Philipp and Steve, you don’t have to be not a crank to be provocative.
Oh, I agree. Being a crank’s a great way to be provocative (if by “provocative,” we mean “wrong”). But the book’s still trash.
No, I mean provocative in a helpful way. Books like this one make me take a hard look at genealogies and timelines — e.g. When *did* that happen? Why are there all these serpents?
But lest I be provocative myself, let me also agree with you. A book on the Greek Noah that didn’t mention Deucalion once is not a book for the ages.