Retellings : the Bible in literature, music, art and film /

In recent years biblical scholars and students have become increasingly interested in studying retellings of biblical stories in the arts, not only for their relation to the biblical text but also for the 'story' they have to tell (or, if they are not strictly 'retellings', for t...

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Other Authors: Exum, J. Cheryl.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222700.

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Call Number: BS538.7 .R48 2007

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
  • J.C. Exum
  • 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
  • The Big Sleep: Strategic Ambiguity In Judges 4-5 And In Classic Film Noir /
  • Eric S. Christianson
  • List Of Contributors /
  • J.C. Exum.