Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness : Narrative, Nature, and Religious Identity Formation from the Babylonians to the Late Antique Christians

Omtale

Ancient wilderness mythologies have been criticised for their role in forming anthropocentric outlooks on the natural world, and idealising human separateness from the rest of the living world. Laura Feldt here challenges these ideas and presents a new, narrative approach to the question of the formative role of ancient wilderness mythologies.