The Bible and Cultural Studies: Critical Readings

This volume presents key contributions to scholarship in biblical studies that engages or is influenced by cultural studies. Robert Seesengood selects foundational pieces that are ordinarily hard to locate and presents them in line with more recent studies, situating and tracing the revolution in biblical studies that led to the wealth of work in reception history and the study of cultural engagements with the bible. As a result, this selection provides a grounding in key theoretical perspectives, and history of scholarship as well as an orientation to the discipline as it is now.Beginning with a general introduction, as well as introductions each section of the book, this collection explores theoretical underpinnings, characters and passages in popular culture, motifs and methods, film and television. These introductions situate and frame the readings for readers and researchers, and at the end of each section is an annotated bibliography of further readings, which will prompt further research and discussion.>

Préface
Presents key critical readings in the bible and cultural studies with a focus on the seminal works at the intersection of these fields.

Auteur
Robert Paul Seesengood is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Drew Theological School, Drew University, USA. He is the author of Competing Identities: The Athlete and Gladiator in Early Christianity (2007).

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"Presents key critical readings in the Bible and cultural studies with a focus on the seminal works at the intersection of these fields"--

Contenu
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part I: 1.Section Introduction Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA 2. What is Cultural Studies Anyway Richard Johnson, Nottingham Trent University, UK 3. Cultural Studies: An Introduction John Storey, University of Sunderland, UK 4. In Debt to the Censor Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia 5. Graves of Craving: Fast Food, or, Manna and McDonalds Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia 6. Biblical Studies/Cultural Studies -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK and Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA 7. Annotated Bibliography: Further Readings Part II: 8. Section Introduction Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA 9. On the Face and Physique of the Historical Jesus -- Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA 10. Jezebel Revamped -- Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, USA 11. Backwaters and Underbellies Yvonne Sherwood, University of Kent, UK 12. The World's Largest Ten Commandments Tim Beal, Case Western Reserve University, USA 13. Almost Cultural Studies? Reflections on the 'New Perspective' on Paul R. Barry Matlock, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA 14. Annotated Bibliography: Further Readings Part III: 15. Section Introduction Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA 16. House Readings and Field Readings: The Discourse of Slavery and Biblical/Cultural Studies Jennifer A. Glancy, LeMoyne College, USA 17. The Bible John Murders and Media Discourse, 1969-1996 William T. Scott 18. Dracula: 'The Blood is the Life' -- Larry J. Kreitzer, University of Oxford, UK 19. The Circus Burke O. Long, Bowdoin College, USA 20. The Selfish Text: The Bible and Memetis Hugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK 21. Annotated Bibliography: Further Readings Part IV: 22. Section Introduction Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA 23. Bathsheba Plotted, Shot and Painted -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK 24. How the West was not One: Delilah Deconstructs The Western -- Jennifer Koosed, Albright College, USA and Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University, USA 25. Sitcom Mythology -- George Aichele, Adrian College, USA 26. Gospels of Death Richard Walsh, Methodist University, NC, USA 27. Why Girls Cry: Gender Melancolia and Sexual Violence in Ezekiel 16 And Boys Don't Cry -- Erin Runions, Pomona College, USA 28 Reading 'This Woman' back into John 7:1-8:59: Liar, Liar and the 'Pericopoe adulterae' in Intertextual Lingo -- Jeffrey L. Staley, Settle University, USA 29. Annotated Bibliography: Further Readings Index