Explains biblical motifs, names, and allusions that are frequently used in English literature, and provides examples for each item
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Containing several hundred encyclopedic articles by some 160 international contributors representing the disciplines of biblical studies, theology, patristics, and literary studies, this comprehensive guide is designed to help the modern reader understand how biblical motifs, concepts, names, quotations, and allusions have been transmitted through exegetical tradition and used by the authors of English literature (American as well as British) from the Middle Ages to the present. Includes topic-specific bibliographies for longer entries, and three annotated bibliographies of biblical studies, the history of exegetical tradition, and the biblical tradition in literature. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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