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The White Goddess - A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth was originally published in 1948 and contains Graves' controversial and unorthodox theory of mythology, at once intuitive and grounded in research into pre-classical religions.
The author compares the greats of the church's past with stars. The message he wants to convey with this collection of examples of saints and church fathers is useful and current.
Stories from the New Testament, from the birth of Jesus to his death and resurrection, as well as the journeys of the apostles, are told clearly and vividly.
"Qumran writings" or "Dead Sea Scrolls" represent one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century, which lead to the revision of some overly simplified atheistic understandings.
Vernant first told the stories published in this book to his grandson, and then, in a more complex form, he told them to his friends on summer evenings on a Greek island.