Böcker av John F. A. Sawyer

In this latest addition to the Wiley-Blackwell Bible Commentaries series, the authors explore the astonishing variety of interpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of the shortest books in the Bible. It features a wealth of reactions to this ancient text s influential and unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war.

This is the first book to catalog how the Bible has been interwoven into Western music from early classical music to today's pop hits. Winner of both International Book Awards and Best Books Award.

This dictionary not only identifies terms and biblical figures but also examines them from the perspective of "reception history"--the history of the Bible's effect on its readers. Biblical books, passages, and characters certainly played important roles in the history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, but they also influenced other...