Ogygia i Eden. Homeryckie podłoże wyobrażenia mitycznej krainy w Księdze Rodzaju
Ogygia and Eden. Homeric Background of the Mythical Land in Genesis

Summary/Abstract: Parallels between the motifs of the first chapters of Genesis (Gen 1–3) and Greek literature have long been noted. Also in the case of the story of the Eden (Gen 2:4b–3), striking parallels have been drawn between the biblical and Greek visions of the beginnings of humanity (e.g. Hesiod, Plato). The authors of the paper follow this line, pointing to another possible hypotext of the biblical story: the fifth book of the Homeric Odyssey (Odysseus’ stay on the island of Ogygia). The paper attempts to argue in favour of the theory of structural dependence of the biblical narrative on the Homeric one, as well as to answer the question when and in what cultural context such borrowing could have occurred.

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