|  | Sawyer, John F. A. (Hrsg.)
The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture
 1. Auflage Juli 2012
32,90 Euro
2012. 576 Seiten, Softcover
ISBN 978-0-470-67488-8 - John Wiley & Sons
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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. This Companion consists of 30 articles written by distinguished specialists from around the world, drawing 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-wide. It also gives examples of how the Bible has influenced literature, art, music, history, religious studies, politics, ecology and sociology.
Aus dem Inhalt
Notes on Contributors viii
List of Figures xiii
Preface to the Paperback Edition xv
Introduction 1
John F. A. Sawyer
Part I Revealing the Past 9
1 The Ancient World 11
Philip R. Davies
2 The Patristic Period 28
Kate Cooper
3 The Middle Ages 39
Mary Dove
4 The Renaissance 54
Ilona N. Rashkow
5 The Reformation 69
Peter Matheson
6 The Counter-Reformation 85
Euan Cameron
7 The Modern World 104
John W. Rogerson
Part II The Nomadic Text 117
8 Judaism 119
Edward Kessler
9 Islam 135
Stephen N. Lambden
10 Asia 158
Choan-Seng Song
11 Africa 176
Jonathan A. Draper
12 North America 198
Scott M. Langston
13 Latin America 217
Erhard S. Gerstenberger
14 Australasia 232
Roland Boer and Ibrahim Abraham
Part III The Bible and the Senses 251
15 Literature 253
Jo Carruthers
16 Film 268
Alice Bach
17 Music 286
John W. Rogerson
18 Art 299
Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons
19 Architecture 323
Andrew Ballantyne
20 The Theatre 338
Meg Twycross
21 The Circus 365
Burke O. Long
22 The Body 381
Gerard Loughlin
Part IV Reading in Practice 397
23 Contextuality 399
Gerald West
24 Politics 414
Tim Gorringe
25 Ecology 432
Anne Primavesi
26 Psychology 447
Ilona N. Rashkow
27 Gender 464
Deborah F. Sawyer
28 Nationalism 480
Jo Carruthers
29 Post-colonialism 497
Sharon A. Bong
30 Postmodernism 515
Andrew Tate
Index of Biblical References 534
General Index 546
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