The Bible as the root of Western literature stories, poems, and parables

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  • Author: Potkay, Adam
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    The College of William and Mary professor, Adam Potkay delivers a course that will provide listeners with a literary and historical overview of the Bible from its opening in Genesis to its ending in the Book of Revelation, and also with a sense of some of the ways in which the Bible has influenced the literary traditions of the West.

    Contents:
    • Authorship and style in the Torah
    • Cain and Abel in story, theology and literary history
    • Icons and iconoclasm: from Moses to Milton
    • The story of King David, or the varieties of love
    • The song of Solomon: the poetry of sacred and profane love
    • Psalms: the poetry of praise and supplication
    • Proverbs: the way to wisdom
    • The Book of Job: the problem of evil and the aesthetics of the sublime
    • Ecclesiasties and the questioning of wisdom
    • Isaiah and prophecy
    • Typology: the life of Christ as fulfillment of the Old Testament
    • Parables: the form of Jesus' preaching
    • Paul: the letter and the spirit of the law
    • The Book of Revelation and the symmetry of the Christian Bible.
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md. , Recorded Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781461814696

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Abstract

The College of William and Mary professor, Adam Potkay delivers a course that will provide listeners with a literary and historical overview of the Bible from its opening in Genesis to its ending in the Book of Revelation, and also with a sense of some of the ways in which the Bible has influenced the literary traditions of the West.

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Prince Frederick, Md.

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