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1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible -- Influence.
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Bible. |
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Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Art.
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History of Biblical events. |
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Bible -- In literature.
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Bible -- In motion pictures.
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Bible -- Influence -- Art -- History of Biblical events -- In literature -- In motion pictures. |
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Bible. |
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Bible in music.
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Bible in music. |
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Electronic books.
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Art.
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Art.
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| Added Author |
Exum, J. Cheryl.
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| Added Title |
Biblical interpretation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Retellings. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004165724 (DLC) 2007043462 (OCoLC)180851952 |
| ISBN |
9789047440123 (electronic book) |
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9047440129 (electronic book) |
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900416572X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004165724 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1281937398 |
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9781281937391 |
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9789004165724 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004165724.i-200 |
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