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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782210403321

Titolo

Culture, entertainment and the Bible [[electronic resource] /] / edited by George Aichele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c2000

ISBN

1-281-84156-0

9786611841560

0-567-22878-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 309

Altri autori (Persone)

AicheleGeorge

Disciplina

220.07

Soggetti

Popular culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-223) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Part I: POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT; Part II: ART LITERATURE, MUSIC; Part III: ON IDEOLOGY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This topical volume deals with the adoption of biblical language and narrative and the presentation of 'biblical' images and themes in popular literature, art and mass media. The chapters, all written by experts in cultural studies of the Bible, explore how ideologies are produced, in various ways, when biblical texts are brought into play with each other, with other texts, and with the inevitable and continual demands for cultural and historical ""translation""-or ""recycling""-of the scriptures. The volume contains some theoretical reflections, but focuses on specific examples of cultural tr