Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations
Lord Arundell of Wardour, a Catholic peer, published Tradition in 1872 to argue that the traditions of mankind, rightly read, confirm the account of early history given in Scripture. He begins with the law of nations and the law of nature, and the question of whether primitive peoples were savages or degenerate heirs of a higher state, then examines chronology from the standpoints of tradition and of science, including the claims made for Egyptian antiquity. The longer second half turns to mythology, reading the stories of Oedipus, Perseus, Prometheus and Hercules and the gods of Assyria as distorted memories of patriarchal history, and closes with the tradition of Noah and the Deluge. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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