| Description |
xii, 188 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : wrestling with the book of Genesis -- Adam, Eve and the serpent : Mark Twain -- Cain and Abel : John Steinbeck -- From the flood to Babel : Jeanette Winterson -- The sacrifice of Isaac : Jenny Diski -- Rachel and her sisters : Anita Diamant -- Joseph and his brothers : Thomas Mann |
| Summary |
"This book considers a range of twentieth-century novelists who practise a creative mode of reading the Bible, exploring aspects of the Book of Genesis which more conventional biblical criticism sometimes ignores. Each chapter considers some of the interpretive challenges of the relevant story in Genesis, especially those noted by rabbinic midrash, which serves as a model for such creative rewriting of the biblical text."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-182) and index |
| Subject |
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Religion.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Religion.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Religion.
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| SUBJECT |
Bible. Genesis http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017837 -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414
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| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- Religious aspects.
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Religion and literature -- History.
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Religion in literature.
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Theology, Doctrinal, in literature.
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| LC no. |
2006018127 |
| ISBN |
0754616681 (hbk.) |
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9780754616689 (hbk.) |
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