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An unsuitable book : the Bible as scandalous text / Hugh S. Pyper.

By: Series: Publication details: Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005.Description: viii, 186 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1905148327 :
Other title:
  • Bible as scandalous text
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.68 22
LOC classification:
  • BS535 .P97 2005
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Selfish texts: the Bible and survival -- 3. Speaking silence: male readers, female readings and the Biblical text -- 4. Readers in pain: Muriel Spark and the book of Job -- 5. The Bible in bloom -- 6. Modern Gospels of Judas: Canon and betrayal -- 7. Reading Lamentations -- 8. The rebellious son: Biblical family values -- 9. Fleshing out the text: re-reading circumcision -- 10. What the Bible can do to a child: the metrical Psalms and the Gammage Cup -- 11. The Bible as wolf: tracking a carrollian metaphor.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Dalton McCaughey Library Level 1 CG5 P997 Available 33865001129334
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographic references (p. 169-181) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Selfish texts: the Bible and survival -- 3. Speaking silence: male readers, female readings and the Biblical text -- 4. Readers in pain: Muriel Spark and the book of Job -- 5. The Bible in bloom -- 6. Modern Gospels of Judas: Canon and betrayal -- 7. Reading Lamentations -- 8. The rebellious son: Biblical family values -- 9. Fleshing out the text: re-reading circumcision -- 10. What the Bible can do to a child: the metrical Psalms and the Gammage Cup -- 11. The Bible as wolf: tracking a carrollian metaphor.