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The Bible in Shakespeare Columbus, Ohio: The Lutheran Book Concern, n.d. Anders, Henry R. D. “Chapter 6: The Bible and the Prayer Book” Shakespeare’s Books: A Dissertation on Shakespeare’s Reading and the Immediate Sources of His Works Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1904.
A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus.More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures.
Thus, allusions to Jonah in Medieval art and literature are usually an allegory for the burial and resurrection of Christ. Another common typological allegory is with the four major Old Testament prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. These four prophets prefigure the four Apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. There were multiple ...
Realist Bible novels employ in some way the narratives that comprise the canonical Biblical narrative, but shorn of miracles, or God's explicit presence. With respect to Jesus' biography, Jesus is portrayed as a man, usually a rebel against the wealthy classes (sometimes he himself is born into a privileged background and rebels against his own ...
Christian novels are works of imaginative literature drawing on Christian themes, theology, and social norms. The European Christian literary tradition dates back centuries, and draws on past Christian allegorical literature, such as Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and The Holy War.
Novels based on the Bible. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. G. Novels based on the Book of Genesis (1 C, 12 P) N.
The Man Who Met God in a Bar: The Gospel According to Marvin: A Novel - Robert Farrar Capon; The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky; Divine - Karen Kingsbury; The Atonement Child - Francine Rivers; The Monkey Bible - Mark Laxer; Screwtape Letters - C.S.Lewis; The Great Divorce - C.S.Lewis; The Shack - William P. Young; Cross Roads (novel ...
While falling within the strict definition of literature, the Bible is not generally considered literature. However, the Bible has been treated and appreciated as literature; the King James Version in particular has long been considered a masterpiece of English prose, whatever may be thought of its religious significance. Several retellings of ...