This volume draws together eleven essays by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Greco-Roman religion and early Judaism, to address the ways that conceptions of identity and otherness shape th
This volume examines and discusses selected Bible documentaries and academically informed dramatizations of the Bible. The major focus is UK mainline television, and on recent productions (mostly wit
Alan Cadwallader explores precisely how the revision of the Authorised Version of the Bible (that ran from 1870 until its published release in 1881) generated one of the bitterest instances of politic
Drawing on the work of leading figures in biblical, religious, historical, and cultural studies in Ireland and beyond, this volume explores the reception of the Bible in Ireland, focusing on the socia
At the beginning of the 20th century, Judas was characterised in film as the epitome of evil: the villainous Jew. Film-makers cast Judas in this way because this was the Judas that audiences had come
TheBible, Gender, and Reception History: The Case of Job's Wife investigatesthe fleeting appearance in the Bible of Job's wife and its impact on theimaginations of readers throughout history. It begin
