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The Interrelationship Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture
The Bible Is Everywhere
The Interrelationship Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture
The Bible Is Everywhere
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The aim of the book is to show how the Bible is relevant for the study of our contemporary society, even if we collectively self-identify as secular. In modern books, films, games, rituals, paintings, and the like, biblical imagery and phrasing is not only traceable, but immanent in understanding our present-day cultural and spiritual status quo.
This volume aims at mapping numerous examples of these intertextual relationships between, at the one hand, biblical texts from Old and New Testament and, at the other, cultural expressions in the 20th and 21st centuries. What makes this volume unique among its competition is its focus on the communication aspects of these intertextualities, differentiating between and combining synchronic and diachronic analyses, as well as hermeneutical and historical perspectives.
The three editors of the volume are all individually and collectively specialized in communication-oriented analysis of (biblical and other) texts, intertextuality between Bible and culture, and the cultural persistence of the biblical imagery in our contemporary culture. The individual authors of the volume are too, in their own respect, experts on various aspects of these intertextualities.
Table of Contents
THE COMMUNICATION-DYNAMICS OF INTERTEXTUALITY
A Liber Amicarum et Amicorum for Caroline Vander Stichele
Pancratius C. Beentjes
THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA AND MODERN ILLUSTRATED TRANSLATIONS
Graphic Artists as Beholders of the Text
Frank G. Bosman
WE ARE LEGION
An Intertextual Analysis of “Legion” and “A House Divided” in the Mass Effect Game Series
Laura T. Copier
GENRE, ALLUSIONISM, AND A BLACK CHRIST-FIGURE IN THE BOOK OF CLARENCE
Dries J. L. A. De Crom
ON THE MOUNTAINS OF SPICE
Imaginary Landscapes in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain and in the Song of Songs
Jan Willem van Henten
MULTIPLE DOGS
The Power of the Dog and Psalm 22:20
Bart J. Koet
MOSES ACCORDING TO JOHANNES WICKERT OR THE NAME OF GOD REVISITED
Deborah D. C. de Koning
“LET US MAKE BIODIVERSITY IN OUR IMAGE”
The Dutch Prayer Day for Crops and Labour Revised in the Light of the Climate Crisis
Hans Lammers
CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE AS A HEURISTIC DEVICE FOR UNDERSTANDING VARIANT READINGS IN NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS
Mark 9:11–13 as a Test Case
Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF JESUS AND ITS IMPORTANCE
Cornelia J. M. Melisse
GENESIS 1:1–2:3 AND CAROLINE STREET'S CREATION SIXTH DAY LAND CREATURES AND MAN
The Intertextuality between Both 'Texts' from a Communication Perspective
Esther M. Mulders
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED THEM
Divine Presence through Light, Colour, and Likeness in Two Medieval Works of Art
Jeremy Punt
THE SIXTH SENSE AND THE BIBLE
Reality, Awareness, and a Child
Riemer Roukema
THE AXE LAID TO THE ROOT
A Biblical Expression and Its Reception in Early Christianity
Susanne Scholz
ENIGMATIC MYSTERY AND HIEROGLYPHIC ALCHEMY
An Exploration of the Sculptures on Sodom and Gomorrah by Yehuda Levy-Aldema
Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté
LUKE 1:5–80 AND JIM JANKNEGT'S PAINTING THE VISITATION
An Intertextual Communication Analysis
M. Fleur Vroege-Crijns
LUKE 10:25–37 AND CONSTANT'S LA SAMARITAINE
A Communication-Oriented Analysis
Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen
GENESIS 22:1–19 AND ALAN FALK'S THE BINDING OF ISAAC
An Intertextual Communication Analysis
Ruben J. van Wingerden
THE COSMIC JOHANNINE JESUS AND SCIENCE-FICTION SPACE-TRAVELLING MESSIAHS
INDEX OF REFERENCES
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
PERSONALIA
Product details
| Published | Apr 16 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798765163702 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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