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" The unchained Bible : "
Hugh S. Pyper
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BL
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Record Number
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583960
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b413179
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Main Entry
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Pyper, Hugh S
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Title & Author
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The unchained Bible : : cultural appropriations of biblical texts /\ Hugh S. Pyper
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Series Statement
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;; 567
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Playing the texts ;; 17
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Page. NO
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vi, 191 pages ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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9780567166906
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: 0567166902
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and indexes
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Contents
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Introduction -- The offensiveness of scripture -- Part I. Making sense of the Bible. The beginnings of the Bible -- Biblical nonsense -- Part II. The resistant Bible. Religion against the Bible -- The Bible in the metropolis -- Part III. The Bible as guidebook. Biblical tourism : Eça de Queiros and Mark Twain in Palestine -- The book of Dave versus the Bible -- Part IV. The Bible, music and nationalism. When Jesus was (nearly) a Scot -- Jonah in Estonia, Joseph in Latvia -- Brucknerian transpositions -- Part V. Animal Bible. The lion king -- Conversations with donkeys -- Part VI. The sporting Bible. Wrestling the Bible -- The NASCAR Bible -- Part VII. The survival of the Bible. Dispelling delusions : Dawkins, Dennett and biblical studies
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Subject
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Popular culture-- Religious aspects-- Christianity
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Subject
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Bible-- Use
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Bible-- Influence
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Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Dewey Classification
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220.6
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LC Classification
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BS538.3.P974 2012
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