The unchained Bible : cultural appropriations of Biblical texts /: cultural appropriations of Biblical texts. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hugh S. Pyper.
• Other Names: Pyper, Hugh S
• Contents: The offensiveness of scripture -- Part 1, Making sense of the Bible. The beginnings of the Bible -- Biblical nonsense -- Part 2, The resistant Bible. Religion against the Bible -- The Bible in the metropolis -- Part 3, The Bible as guidebook. Biblical tourism : Eça de queiros and Mark Twain in Palestine -- The Book of Dave versus the Bible -- Part 4, The Bible, music and nationalism. When Jesus was (nearly) a Scot -- Jonah in Estonia, Joseph in Latvia -- Brucknerian transpositions -- Part 5, The sporting Bible. Wrestling the Bible -- The NASCAR Bible -- Part 6, The survival of the Bible. Dispelling delusions : Dawkins, Dennett and biblical studies.
• Publisher Details: New York, N.Y : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (VI, 191 pages)
• Subjects: 220.6; Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Quotations; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible -- Quotations; Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567187062; 0567187063
• Related ISBNs: 9780567166906; 0567166902
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.