Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture

Name: Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture
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ISBN: 9780470674888

ISBN-10: 0470674881

ISBN-13: 9780470674888

Edition: 2012

Authors: John F. A. Sawyer

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The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture provides readers with a concise, readable and scholarly introduction to twenty–first century approaches to the Bible.Consists of 30 articles written by distinguished specialists from around the worldDraws on interdisciplinary and international examples to explore how the Bible has impacted on all the major social contexts where it has been influential – ancient, medieval and modern, world–wideGives examples of how the Bible has influenced literature, art, music, history, religious studies, politics, ecology and sociologyEach article is accompanied by a comprehensive bibliographyOffers guidance on how to read the Bible and its many…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.60" wide x 9.60" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


List of Figures


Preface to the Paperback Edition


Introduction




Revealing the Past



The Ancient World




The Patristic Period




The Middle Ages




The Resnaissance




The Reformation




The Counter-Reformation




The Modern World




The Nomadic Text



Judaism




Islam




Asia




Africa




North America




Latin America




Australasia




The Bible and the Senses



Literature




Film




Music




Art




Architecture




The Theatre




The Circus




The Body




Reading in Practice



Contextuality




Politics




Ecology




Psychology




Gender




Nationalism




Post-colonialism




Postmodernism



Index of Biblical References


General Index