Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht besto�n, Schnitt etwas angeschmutzt, sonst tadellos / Dust jacket slightly bumped, cut a bit soiled, otherwise impeccable. - SIXTEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, this superb and unprecedented reference work will prove invaluable to readers, students, and professional scholars throughout the English-speaking world. A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature is designed to help the modem reader understand how biblical motifs, concepts, names, quotations, and allusions have been transmitted through exegetical tradition and used by authors of English literature from the Middle Ages to the present. The book contains several hundred encyclopedic articles (more than a million words) written by a distinguished international roster of more than 160 contributors representing the disciplines of biblical studies, theology, patristics, and literary studies. These major articles, numerous short identification entries, and extensive bibliographies together constitute a rich repository of information opening up the many centuries of dialogue between the Bible and literature. - Contents: A DICTIONARY OF BIBLICAL TRADITION IN ENGLISH LITERATURE -- Bibliographies -- Biblical Studies -- A Guide to Biblical Studies for the Student of Literature -- Studies of the Bible as Literature: A Select List -- The English Bible: A Brief History of Translation -- The History of Biblical Interpretation -- Introduction -- Historical Studies in Biblical Hermeneutics -- A Checklist of Biblical Commentaries Available to English Authors -- A Checklist of Bibliographies of Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Scriptural Commentaries -- Biblical Tradition in English Literature -- The Influence of the Bible on English Literature: -- Selected General Studies -- Use of the Bible by a Single Author or Group of Authors. ISBN 0802836348