The Bible as the Root of Western Literature : Stories, Poems, and Parables

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Call Number: BOCD 809.935 Po Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"14 lectures"--Cover.
Compact discs.
Lecture 1. Authorship and Style in the Torah -- Lecture 2. Cain and Abel in Story, Theology, and Literary History -- Lecture 3. Icons and Iconoclasm: From Moses to Milton -- Lecture 4. The Story of King David, or the Varieties of Love -- Lecture 5. The Song of Solomon: The Poetry of Sacred and Profane Love -- Lecture 6. Psalms: The Poetry of Praise and Supplication -- Lecture 7. Proverbs: The Way to Wisdom -- Lecture 8. The Book of Job: The Problem of Evil and the Aesthetics of the Sublime -- Lecture 9. Ecclesiastes and the Questioning of Wisdom -- Lecture 10. Isaiah and Prophecy -- Lecture 11. Typology: The Life of Christ as Fulfillment of the Old Testament -- Lecture 12. Parables: The Form of Jesus' Preaching -- Lecture 13. Paul: The Letter and the Spirit of the Law -- Lecture 14. The Book of Revelation and the Symmetry of the Christian Bible.
Instructed by Adam Potkay.
The goal of this audio course is to provide listeners with a literary and historical overview of the Bible, from its opening in Genesis to its ending in the Book of Revelation, and also with a sense of some of the ways in which the Bible has influenced the literary traditions of the West.

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