Frases de Cyrus H. Gordon
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Cyrus Herzl Gordon was an American scholar of Near Eastern cultures and ancient languages.

✵ 29. Junho 1908 – 30. Março 2001
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Cyrus H. Gordon: Frases em inglês

“Battles ended with sunset or dusk; so heroes, on special occasions when they needed more time, were vouchsafed victory by the stoppage of the sun in Greek as well as Hebrew saga.”

Footnote Iliad 18: 239-242 (cf: 2: 412-18); Joshua 10: 13-14
Fonte: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible

“The competent archeologist can date pottery much as some of us can date cars or dresses of our own century.”

Fonte: Adventures in the Nearest East (1957), Ch.1 Exploring Edom and Moab

“The nomadic Semite… roves as a herdsman, partaking of Allah's hospitality.”

Fonte: Adventures in the Nearest East (1957), Ch.1 Exploring Edom and Moab

“The [Judaic] Patriarchs are depicted as Arameans as long as they remained in their native lands.”

Fonte: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible

“Heroic epic and saga (Indic as well as Greek and Hebrew, etc.) combine action with genealogy. This is necessary because the action is performed by aristocrats who require genealogies.”

Fonte: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible

“The priestly guilds were highly mobile, with the result that cultic practices crossed ethnic lines over wide areas.”

Introduction
The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])

“When a new religion supplants an old religion, the gods of the old often survive as the demons of the new.”

Fonte: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer

“Out of the Armana Age synthesis emerged the earliest traditions of Israel and Greece.”

Introduction
The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])

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