The Bible and popular culture : from Genesis to Revelation /
Ole Jakob Løland
Bok · Engelsk · 2025
| Originaltittel | [ Bibelen i populærkulturen. .] English
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| Omfang | pages cm
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| Opplysninger | Revision of Bibelen i populærkulturen (2014).. - Genesis : sex machine -- Exodus : liberation -- The Book of Psalms : the first blues -- Ecclesiastes : intertextual echoes -- The Gospels : the dispute about caricatures -- Paul's letters : the unpopular evangelist -- 1 John and 2 John : the Antichrist as guiding star -- Book of Revelation : Apocalypse and the end of the world as we know it -- The Apocryphal Gospels : sex, crucifixion and conspiracy.. - "For centuries, the church has had a near monopoly on the interpretation of the Bible. Today, this monopoly has been shattered, and popular culture is one of the arenas where biblical interpretations occur independently of the church. The tense relation between the Bible and popular culture is not only played out based on the notion of the Bible as a sacred text. It is also formed through the notion of the Bible as a basic text for Western cultural heritage. Structured with a biblical chronology with the first books of the Bible to the last one, this book provides an overview of how a variety of biblical books have been used and interpreted in different expressions of contemporary popular culture, in movies, TV series and music. This book demonstrates the diversity of the Bible's reception in popular culture, from receptions that confirm more traditional understanding of biblical texts, to uses of the same texts that effectively undermine their credibility through parody and satire"--
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| ISBN | 9781032534749. - 9781032534756
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