John F. A. Sawyer

The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture

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The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture offers readers a stimulating, one-volume reference source about twenty-first century approaches to the Bible. Drawing on interdisciplinary and international examples, the volume explores how the Bible has impacted on all the major social contexts where it has been influential - ancient, medieval and modern, world-wide.The Companion consists of 30 articles written by distinguished specialists, accompanied by comprehensive bibliographies. Taken together, these articles emphasize the multi-faceted nature of the Bible and its impact on the world. They help to bridge the gap between specialist bibli… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-470-67488-8
EAN: 9780470674888
Produktnummer: 13278108
Verlag: Wiley
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 576 S.
Masse: H24.3 cm x B17.2 cm x D2.6 cm 882 g
Gewicht: 882

Über den Autor

John F. A. Sawyer is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Newcastle University and of Biblical and Jewish Studies at Lancaster. Among his many publications are Sacred Texts and Sacred Meanings (2011), A Concise Dictionary of the Bible and its Reception (2009), and The Fifth Gospel. Isaiah in the History of Christianity (1996). He is co-editor of the Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion (with J. M. Y. Simpson, 2001), and series editor (with Christopher Rowland, Judith Kovacs and David Gunn) of the reception-history-based Blackwell Bible Commentary Series.