The unchained Bible : cultural appropriations of Biblical texts /

This volume explores a number of instances of unexpected but influential readings of the Bible in popular culture, literature, film, music and politics. The argument in all of them is that the effects of the Bible continues to have an effect on contemporary culture in ways that may surprise and some...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pyper, Hugh S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : T & T Clark, 2012.
Colección:Playing the texts ; 17.
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 567.
Temas:
Bible > Use.
Bible > Influence.
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible
Popular culture > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Culture populaire > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > Quotations.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Popular culture > Religious aspects > Christianity
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The offensiveness of scripture
  • Part 1, Making sense of the Bible. The beginnings of the Bible
  • Biblical nonsense
  • Part 2, The resistant Bible. Religion against the Bible
  • The Bible in the metropolis
  • Part 3, The Bible as guidebook. Biblical tourism : Eça de queiros and Mark Twain in Palestine
  • The Book of Dave versus the Bible
  • Part 4, The Bible, music and nationalism. When Jesus was (nearly) a Scot
  • Jonah in Estonia, Joseph in Latvia
  • Brucknerian transpositions
  • Part 5, The sporting Bible. Wrestling the Bible
  • The NASCAR Bible
  • Part 6, The survival of the Bible. Dispelling delusions : Dawkins, Dennett and biblical studies.

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