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David Jasper has compiled forty years of his writings on the relationship between the Bible, literature, and art. While acknowledging the Bible as a sacred text in more than one religious tradition, these writings recognise the Bible as literature in conversations with other literary works and traditions as well as the visual arts.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Literature and the Power of the Old Testament
  • 2. On Reading the Scriptures as Literature
  • 3. Settling Hoti's Business: The Impossible Necessity of Biblical Translation
  • 4. "Down through All Christian Minstrelsy": Genesis, James Joyce, and Contemporary Vocabularies of Creation Stories
  • 5. "In the Sermon Which I Have Just Completed, whenever I Said Aristotle, I Meant St. Paul" (Attrib. Revd. William A. Spooner)
  • 6. Evil and Betrayal at the Heart of the Sacred Community
  • 7. Jim Crace: Inventor of Worlds
  • 8. J. M. W. Turner: Interpreter of the Bible
  • 9. The Desert in Biblical Art: William Holman Hunt's The Scapegoat
  • 10. The Bible, Christianity, and War in English Literature
  • 11. Teaching the Bible and Literature
  • Afterword
  • Selected Reading List

Scripture and Literature

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      Publisher Baylor University Press
      Published 30 December 2023
      ISBN-13 9781481319584
      978-1481319584
      ISBN-10 1481319582
      Also in:
      Literary studies: general Bibles Prayers and liturgical material

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      David Jasper has compiled forty years of his writings on the relationship between the Bible, literature, and art. While acknowledging the Bible as a sacred text in more than one religious tradition, these writings recognise the Bible as literature in conversations with other literary works and traditions as well as the visual arts.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • 1. Literature and the Power of the Old Testament
      • 2. On Reading the Scriptures as Literature
      • 3. Settling Hoti's Business: The Impossible Necessity of Biblical Translation
      • 4. "Down through All Christian Minstrelsy": Genesis, James Joyce, and Contemporary Vocabularies of Creation Stories
      • 5. "In the Sermon Which I Have Just Completed, whenever I Said Aristotle, I Meant St. Paul" (Attrib. Revd. William A. Spooner)
      • 6. Evil and Betrayal at the Heart of the Sacred Community
      • 7. Jim Crace: Inventor of Worlds
      • 8. J. M. W. Turner: Interpreter of the Bible
      • 9. The Desert in Biblical Art: William Holman Hunt's The Scapegoat
      • 10. The Bible, Christianity, and War in English Literature
      • 11. Teaching the Bible and Literature
      • Afterword
      • Selected Reading List

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