Thematic Guide to Biblical LiteratureBloomsbury Academic, 2007 M04 30 - 288 pages The Bible has had a tremendous influence on world history and culture, but it is largely unfamiliar to many students. This book relates the Bible to a wide range of literary works commonly read by students and thus helps students understand these texts as well as the cultural and historical contexts surrounding them. Included are chapters on 20 themes, such as creation, family and friends, love and marriage, the hero, war, and death and the afterlife. Each chapter discusses the biblical significance of the theme, provides scriptural quotations and citations, and explores the biblical presence of the theme in literary works often read by students. Each chapter cites works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. |
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... Nature that stands before him until he has been instructed in the faith of his new master . Nature , after all , includes both the abundance of food and water on the one hand , and savage men eager to eat their enemies on the other ...
... Nature that stands before him until he has been instructed in the faith of his new master . Nature , after all , includes both the abundance of food and water on the one hand , and savage men eager to eat their enemies on the other ...
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... nature , he interrupts or manip- ulates these regular rhythms from time to time for purposes of his own divine ... nature to run automati- cally to the end of time . In the Bible , nature is God's good creation , but of less importance ...
... nature , he interrupts or manip- ulates these regular rhythms from time to time for purposes of his own divine ... nature to run automati- cally to the end of time . In the Bible , nature is God's good creation , but of less importance ...
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... nature as a mirror of human moods has been called " pathetic fallacy , " the notion that nature somehow sympathizes with human activities . As life in England grew more urbane and comfortable , writers like Thomas Gray became ...
... nature as a mirror of human moods has been called " pathetic fallacy , " the notion that nature somehow sympathizes with human activities . As life in England grew more urbane and comfortable , writers like Thomas Gray became ...
Contents
Earthly Paradise 13 2 5 8 5 3 1 | 13 |
Animals and Humans | 39 |
Gods Love Humans Response | 63 |
Copyright | |
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