How contemporary novelists rewrite stories from the Bible : the interpretation of scripture in literature / Anthony C. Swindell ; with a foreword by Terence Wright.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index.
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Summary
This work examines fourteen reception-histories of single biblical stories, published in English between 1972 and 2002. They cover the topics of Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Flood, Solomon and Sheba, Jezebel, Job, Judith, Jonah, the Magi, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, Pilate, Judas and the Apocalypse.