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Author: Colin McAllister
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-03-26
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1108422705
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Apocalytic literature has addressed human concerns for over two millennia. This volume surveys the source texts, their reception, and relevance.
Author: Colin McAllister
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-03-31
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1108529968
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Jewish and Christian apocalypses have captivated theologians, writers, artists, and the general public for centuries, and have had a profound influence on world history from their initial production by persecuted Jews during the second century BCE, to the birth of Christianity - through the demise of the Western Roman Empire and the medieval period, and continuing into modernity. Far from being an outlier concern, or an academic one that may be relegated to the dustbin of history, apocalyptic thinking is ubiquitous and continues to inform nearly all aspects of modern-day life. It addresses universal human concerns: the search for identity and belonging, speculation about the future, and (for some) a blueprint that provides meaning and structure to a seemingly chaotic world. The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature brings together a field of leading experts to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject.
Author: Kevin R. McNamara
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-05-06
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 0521514703
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Diverse, vibrant, and challenging as the city itself, this Companion is the definitive guide to LA in literature.
Author: Calum Carmichael
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-03-26
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1108422950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines the varied, enormously sophisticated contents of the Bible and sees how certain Western authors were inspired by them.
Author: Timothy Parrish
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1107013135
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume provides newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics on the social and cultural history of the novel in America. It explores the work of the most influential American novelists of the past 200 years, including Melville, Twain, James, Wharton, Cather, Faulkner, Ellison, Pynchon, and Morrison.
Author: Stephen B. Chapman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-07-11
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1316577961
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Companion offers a concise and engaging introduction to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Providing an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, it includes essays, specially commissioned for this volume, by twenty-three leading scholars. The volume examines a range of topics, including the historical and religious contexts for the contents of the biblical canon, and critical approaches and methods, as well as newer topics such as the Hebrew Bible in Islam, Western art and literature, and contemporary politics. This Companion is an excellent resource for students at university and graduate level, as well as for laypeople and scholars in other fields who would like to gain an understanding of the current state of the academic discussion. The book does not presume prior knowledge, nor does it engage in highly technical discussions, but it does go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.
Author: John Barton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-07-28
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 1139825313
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides the first complete guide for students to the present state of biblical studies. The twenty-one specially commissioned chapters are written by established scholars from North America and Britain, and represent both traditional and contemporary points of view. The chapters in Part One cover all the methods and approaches currently practised in the academic study of the Bible, while those in Part Two examine the major categories of books in the Bible from the perspective of recent scholarship - e.g. historical books of the Old Testament, Gospels, prophetic literature. Major issues raised are: the relation of modern 'critical' study of the Bible to 'pre-critical' and 'post-critical' approaches; the place of history in the study of the Bible; feminist, liberationist and new historicist concerns; the relation of Christian and Jewish scholarship; and recent interest in the Bible as literature.
Author: Gregory Claeys
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-08-05
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ISBN-13: 1139828428
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and despairing tendency towards dystopian pessimism, epitomised by works such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia. The reader is provided with a balanced overview of the evolution and current state of a long-standing, rich tradition of historical, political and literary scholarship.
Author: Marjorie Elizabeth Howes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-05-25
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0521650895
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major themes of this important poet's life and career.
Author: James D. G. Dunn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-10-16
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 110749446X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest Christian theologian. His letters were among the earliest documents to be included in the New Testament and, as such, they shaped Christian thinking from the beginning. As a missionary, theologian and pastor Paul's own wrestling with theological and ethical questions of his day is paradigmatic for Christian theology, not least for Christianity's own identity and continuing relationship with Judaism. The Cambridge Companion to St Paul provides an important assessment of this apostle and a fresh appreciation of his continuing significance today. With eighteen chapters written by a team of leading international specialists on Paul, the Companion provides a sympathetic and critical overview of the apostle, covering his life and work, his letters and his theology. The volume will provide an invaluable starting point and helpful cross check for subsequent studies.
