| Description |
7 audio discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (112 pages ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
Modern scholar series |
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Modern scholar series.
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| Note |
"14 lectures"--On cover. |
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Spoken compact disc. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. Authorship and Style in the Torah -- Lecture 2. Cain and Abel in Story, Theology, and Literary History -- Lecture 3. Icons and Iconoclasm: From Moses to Milton -- Lecture 4. The Story of King David, or the Varieties of Love -- Lecture 5. The Song of Solomon: The Poetry of Sacred and Profane Love -- Lecture 6. Psalms: The Poetry of Praise and Supplication -- Lecture 7. Proverbs: The Way to Wisdom -- Lecture 8. The Book of Job: The Problem of Evil and the Aesthetics of the Sublime -- Lecture 9. Ecclesiastes and the Questioning of Wisdom -- Lecture 10. Isaiah and Prophecy -- Lecture 11. Typology: The Life of Christ as Fulfillment of the Old Testament -- Lecture 12. Parables: The Form of Jesus' Preaching -- Lecture 13. Paul: The Letter and the Spirit of the Law -- Lecture 14. The Book of Revelation and the Symmetry of the Christian Bible. |
| Summary |
The goal of this audio course is to 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. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Bible as literature.
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Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible -- History of Biblical events.
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Bible -- Influence -- Western civilization.
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Bible -- In literature.
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| ISBN |
1402539118 |
| Music No. |
UC005 Recorded Books |
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