The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture

<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p>
<p>List of Figures xiii</p>
<p>Preface to the Paperback Edition xv</p>
<p>Introduction 1<br />John F. A. Sawyer</p>
<p>Part I Revealing the Past 9</p>
<p>1 The Ancient World 11<br />Philip R. Davies</p>
<p>2 The Patristic Period 28<br />Kate Cooper</p>
<p>3 The Middle Ages 39<br />Mary Dove</p>
<p>4 The Renaissance 54<br />Ilona N. Rashkow</p>
<p>5 The Reformation 69<br />Peter Matheson</p>
<p>6 The Counter–Reformation 85<br />Euan Cameron</p>
<p>7 The Modern World 104<br />John W. Rogerson</p>
<p>Part II The Nomadic Text 117</p>
<p>8 Judaism 119<br />Edward Kessler</p>
<p>9 Islam 135<br />Stephen N. Lambden</p>
<p>10 Asia 158<br />Choan–Seng Song</p>
<p>11 Africa 176<br />Jonathan A. Draper</p>
<p>12 North America 198<br />Scott M. Langston</p>
<p>13 Latin America 217<br />Erhard S. Gerstenberger</p>
<p>14 Australasia 232<br />Roland Boer and Ibrahim Abraham</p>
<p>Part III The Bible and the Senses 251</p>
<p>15 Literature 253<br />Jo Carruthers</p>
<p>16 Film 268<br />Alice Bach</p>
<p>17 Music 286<br />John W. Rogerson</p>
<p>18 Art 299<br />Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons</p>
<p>19 Architecture 323<br />Andrew Ballantyne</p>
<p>20 The Theatre 338<br />Meg Twycross</p>
<p>21 The Circus 365<br />Burke O. Long</p>
<p>22 The Body 381<br />Gerard Loughlin</p>
<p>Part IV Reading in Practice 397</p>
<p>23 Contextuality 399<br />Gerald West</p>
<p>24 Politics 414<br />Tim Gorringe</p>
<p>25 Ecology 432<br />Anne Primavesi</p>
<p>26 Psychology 447<br />Ilona N. Rashkow</p>
<p>27 Gender 464<br />Deborah F. Sawyer</p>
<p>28 Nationalism 480<br />Jo Carruthers</p>
<p>29 Post–colonialism 497<br />Sharon A. Bong</p>
<p>30 Postmodernism 515<br />Andrew Tate</p>
<p>Index of Biblical References 534</p>
<p>General Index 546</p>