An authoritative assessment of the changing relationship between the Bible and the arts In this unique Companion, 35 scholars, from world-famous to just beginning, explore the role of the Bible in art and of artistic motifs in the Bible. The specially commissioned chapters demonstrate that just as the arts have portrayed biblical stories in a variety of ways and media over the centuries, so what we call ‘the’ Bible is not actually a single entity but has been composed of fiercely contested translations of texts in many languages, whose selection has depended historically on a variety of cultural pressures, theological, social, and, not least, aesthetic.
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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● ISBN 9781474471794 ● Editor Stephen Prickett ● Editorial Edinburgh University Press ● Publicado 2019 ● Descargable 3 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 9522161 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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