TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lucie Dolezalová
AU  - Tamás Visi
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Retelling the Bible
T2  - Literary, Historical, and Social Contexts
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1107907
N2  - This book presents a collection of case studies of biblical retellings in various contexts. Every section starts with an introduction presenting a brief overview of the field, the issues treated, as well as the nature and directions of contemporary scholarly discourse. After a detailed general introduction defining the Bible itself and the concept of retelling, the notion of Apocrypha is readdressed, particularly analyzing the way they are composed. Then follow the sections Translation and Interpretation from Jerome to the Post-Holocaust period, Preaching and Teaching the Bible in the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment, Biblical Characters as Models in medieval hagiography, Biblical Poetry from Late Antiquity to Bruce Springsteen, and finally the retelling strategies and challenges of Children’s Bibles and a brief treatment of retelling Beyond the Text.
KW  - Bible reception, apocrypha, literary history, exegesis
LA  - English
ER  -