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Book SynopsisThe 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. (Originally published as issue 4-5 of Volume 15 (2007) of Brill's journal Biblical Interpretation)
Table of ContentsPART ONE The Bible in Literature Francis Landy Noah’s Ark and Mrs. Monkey Mikael Sjöberg Jephthah’s Daughter as Object of Desire or Feminist Icon Anthony Swindell Latecomers: Four Novelists Rewrite the Bible PART TWO The Bible in Music Peter McGrail Eroticism, Death and Redemption: The Operatic Construct of the Biblical “Femme fatale” Helen Leneman Re-visioning a Biblical Story through Libretto and Music: “Debora e Jaele” by Ildebrando Pizzetti Andrew Davies Oratorio as Exegesis: The Use of the Book of Isaiah in Handel’s Messiah PART THREE The Bible in Art and Film Martin O'Kane ‘The Bosom of Abraham’ (Luke 16:22): Father Abraham in the Visual Imagination Eric S. Christianson The Big Sleep: Strategic Ambiguity in Judges 4-5 and in Classic Film Noir
