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Borders, boundaries and the Bible / edited by Martin O'Kane.

Contributor(s): O'Kane, Martin
Material type: TextTextSeries: Journal for the study of the Old Testament: 313.Publisher: London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1841271489Subject(s): Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etcBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Removing an ancient landmark: reading the Bible as cultural production / Robert P. Carroll -- The flight into Egypt: icon of refuge for the h(a)unted / Martin O'Kane -- The compassionate God of Leviticus and his animal creation / Mary Douglas -- The sacrifice of Isaac (the Akedah) in Christian and Jewish tradition: artistic representations / Edward Kessler -- "The Son of God goes forth to war": Biblical imagery in Rudyard Kipling's "The man who would be king" / Larry J. Kreitzer -- The composer of sacred music as an interpreter of the Bible / Wendy J. Porter -- Open letter from a blind disciple to a sighted Saviour / John M. Hull -- The idea of character in the Bible: Joseph the dreamer / Stephen Prickett -- Joseph the patriarch: representations of Joseph in early post-Biblical literature / Susan Docherty -- Hans Holbein's The ambassadors: Biblical reflections on a Renaissance masterpiece / Larry J. Kreitzer -- On the frontier: Judith and Esther in the myth of America / Margarita Stocker -- Lethal woman 2: reflections on Delilah and her incarnation as Liz Hurley / J. Cheryl Exum -- Heroes of the Promised Land: translating American frontier myths into Biblical epics / Joy Sisley -- Jesus, Mary and Joseph!: (holy) family values in film / Gaye Ortiz -- A voice crying in the wilderness: the Biblical hero in opera with specific reference to John the Baptist / Anthony Axe.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS511.3 .O336 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902247952

Essays based on the proceedings of two conferences held at Newman College, Birmingham, in 1999 and 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Removing an ancient landmark: reading the Bible as cultural production / Robert P. Carroll -- The flight into Egypt: icon of refuge for the h(a)unted / Martin O'Kane -- The compassionate God of Leviticus and his animal creation / Mary Douglas -- The sacrifice of Isaac (the Akedah) in Christian and Jewish tradition: artistic representations / Edward Kessler -- "The Son of God goes forth to war": Biblical imagery in Rudyard Kipling's "The man who would be king" / Larry J. Kreitzer -- The composer of sacred music as an interpreter of the Bible / Wendy J. Porter -- Open letter from a blind disciple to a sighted Saviour / John M. Hull -- The idea of character in the Bible: Joseph the dreamer / Stephen Prickett -- Joseph the patriarch: representations of Joseph in early post-Biblical literature / Susan Docherty -- Hans Holbein's The ambassadors: Biblical reflections on a Renaissance masterpiece / Larry J. Kreitzer -- On the frontier: Judith and Esther in the myth of America / Margarita Stocker -- Lethal woman 2: reflections on Delilah and her incarnation as Liz Hurley / J. Cheryl Exum -- Heroes of the Promised Land: translating American frontier myths into Biblical epics / Joy Sisley -- Jesus, Mary and Joseph!: (holy) family values in film / Gaye Ortiz -- A voice crying in the wilderness: the Biblical hero in opera with specific reference to John the Baptist / Anthony Axe.

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