Women of the Bible

From Text to Image

Professor. Guadalupe Seijas (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2024
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-567-70363-7 (ISBN)

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The Hebrew Bible and art reside at the core of this book, which analyzes the iconographic representation of several women of the Bible. The contributors consider the ways in which the biblical texts regarding these women had been read and understood throughout time and the means by which they were represented. Each study also explores the different values associated with these representations according to the problems, worries and concerns of each period.

Drawing upon disciplines such as theology, philology or history of art, the essays within this volume provide a cross-sectional, plural and rich approach. In focusing upon iconographic representation, numerous visual cultures of the last millennium are explored, and special emphasis is placed upon several integral biblical women such as Bathsheba, Moses' mother, the Pharaoh's Daughter, Ruth, Naomi and Deborah, and their lasting influence upon Western art and culture. This book pursues an understanding of the history of the transmission and reception of the Bible in general, and of the women of the Old Testament in particular.

Guadalupe Seijas is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Oriental Studies, University of Madrid, Spain. Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo is a tutor at the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, UK, and a freelance writer for National Geographic.

Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
List of Images
Introduction - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Chapter 1: Bible, Art and Women: Criteria for Analysis and Critical Interpretation - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain
Chapter 2: The Iconographic Representation of the Bible: The Interaction Between Text and Image - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Chapter 3: Bathsheba in Medieval Manuscripts: Visual Analysis of a Controversial Old Testament Woman - Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, University of Oxford, UK
Chapter 4: Strong Women of the Bible and Their Persistence in 17th Century Spanish Painting - Amparo Alba and Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Chapter 5: Moses’ Mother and Her Literary and Visual Reception in the 19th Century - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain
Chapter 6: The Women in the Book of Judges and Their Representation in 19th Century Engravings - Carmen Yebra-Rovira, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain
Chapter 7: Ruth and Naomi: A Story of Friendship in Images - Guadalupe Seijas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.01.2024
Reihe/Serie	Scriptural Traces
Übersetzer	Dr. Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo
Zusatzinfo	25 bw illus
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-567-70363-0 / 0567703630
ISBN-13	978-0-567-70363-7 / 9780567703637
Zustand	Neuware