| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Noah's ark and Mrs. Monkey / Francis Landy -- Jephthah's daughter as object of desire or feminist icon / Mikael Sjöberg -- Latecomers: four novelists rewrite the Bible / Anthony Swindell -- Eroticism, death, and redemption: the operatic construct of the biblical femme fatale / Peter McGrail -- Re-visioning a biblical story through libretto and music: Debora e Jaele by Ildebrando Pizzetti / Helen Leneman -- Oratorio as exegesis: the use of the book of Isaiah in Handel's Messiah / Andrew Davies -- 'The bosom of Abraham' (Luke 16:22): father Abraham in the visual imagination / Martin O'Kane -- Big sleep: strategic ambiguity in Judges 4-5 and in classic film noir / Eric S. Christianson |
| Summary |
The eight lively contributions to this volume, appearing concurrently in a special issue of the journal. Biblical Interpretation, illustrate a range of exciting approaches to the newly developing area of the reception history of the Bible in literature, music, art and film |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- Influence.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013663
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Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Art.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00003108
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Bible -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013818
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Bible -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00003623
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Bible fast |
| Subject |
Bible in music.
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ART -- Reference.
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ART -- Performance.
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Bible in music
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History of Biblical events
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Literature
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Motion pictures
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| Genre/Form |
works of art.
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Art
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Art.
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Œuvres d'art.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Exum, J. Cheryl
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| LC no. |
2007043462 |
| ISBN |
9789047440123 |
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9047440129 |
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900416572X |
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9789004165724 |
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1281937398 |
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9781281937391 |
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9786611937393 |
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6611937390 |
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