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The Bible as literature.
Arthur Sewell
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The Cambridge companion to the Bible and literature
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"This Companion volume offers a sweeping survey of the Bible as a work of literature and its impact on Western writing. Underscoring the sophistication of the biblical writers' thinking in diverse areas of thought, it demonstrates how the Bible relates to many types of knowledge and its immense contribution to education through the ages. The volume emphasizes selected texts chosen from different books of the Bible and from later Western writers inspired by it. Individual essays, each written specially for this book, examine topics such as the gruesome wonders of Apocalyptic texts, the erotic content of the Song of Songs, and Jesus' and Paul's language and reasoning; as well as Shakespeare's reflections on repentance in King Lear, Milton's genius in writing Paradise Lost, the social necessity of individual virtue in Shelley's poetry, and the mythic status of Melville's Moby Dick in the United States and Western world in general" --Back Cover.
| Title |
The Cambridge companion to the Bible and literature / edited by Calum Carmichael. |
|---|---|
| Additional Titles |
Companion to the Bible and literature Bible and literature |
| Contributors |
Carmichael, Calum M. (editor) |
| Publisher |
New York, New York, USA : Cambridge University Press |
| Creation Date |
2020 |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Content |
Literature in the ancient Near East and the Bible / Steve A. Wiggins -- The primary narrative (Genesis through 2 Kings) / Thomas L. Brodie -- Reading biblical literature from a legal and political perspective / Geoffrey P. Miller -- Biblical law and literature / Calum Carmichael -- Kings, prophets, and judges / Graeme Auld -- Prophetic literature / Victor H. Matthews -- Wisdom literature / James Crenshaw -- The Gospels / Jeannine K. Brown -- Paul's letters / Todd D. Still -- Apocalyptic literature / Meghan Henning -- Shakespeare's King Lear and the Bible / William J. Kennedy -- The Bible and John Milton's Paradise lost / Gordon Teskey -- The Bible, Shelley, and English Romanticism / Jonathan Fortier -- Herman Melville and the Bible / Ruth Blair -- The Song of songs and two biblical retellings / Emily O. Gravett. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to religion |
| Extent |
ix, 274 pages 23 cm. |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2020 |
| National Library system number |
997008974148805171 |
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