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008			120924s2012 nyu ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781139549356 (electronic bk.)
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100	1		_aSherwood, Yvonne.
245	1	0	_aBiblical blaspheming _h[electronic resource] : _btrials of the sacred for a secular age / _cYvonne Sherwood.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource.
520			_a"This book explores the strange persistence of 'blasphemy' in modern secular democracies by examining how accepted and prohibited ways of talking and thinking about the Bible and religion have changed over time. In a series of wide-ranging studies engaging disciplines such as politics, literature and visual theory, Yvonne Sherwood brings the Bible into dialogue with a host of interlocutors including John Locke, John Donne and the 9/11 hijackers, as well as artists such as Sarah Lucas and Rene; Magritte. Questions addressed include: [bullet] What is the origin of the common belief that the Bible, as opposed to the Qur'an, underpins liberal democratic values? [bullet] What kind of artworks does the biblical God specialise in? [bullet] If pre-modern Jewish, Christian and Islamic responses to scripture can be more 'critical' than contemporary speech about religion, how does this affect our understanding of secularity, modernity and critique?"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Preface; Part I. The Persistence of Blasphemy: 1. The persistence of blasphemy: the Bible as a public edifice in the secular state; Part II. Biblical Exhibitions/Biblical Exhibitionism: 2. The exquisite fruit-corpse and the surrealist works of God; 3. Prophetic scatology: prophecy and the art of sensation; Part III. Inappropriate Involvement in the Biblical Text: 4. A recently discovered letter from Isaac to Abraham (annotated); 5. Passion-binding-passion: sacrifice, masochism and the subject; Part IV. Beyond 'the Bible as Literature': 6. 'Not with a bang but a whimper': shrunken apocalypses in Ecclesiastes 12.1-8 and twentieth-century modernism; 7. The fear of loss inherent in writing: Jeremiah 36 as the tedious self-narration of a highly self-conscious scroll with Mark Brummitt; 8. John Donne and the Baroque prophets; Part V. Theo-politics, Authority and the Bible: 9. On the genesis of the alliance between the Bible and rights; 10. Binding-unbinding: pre-critical 'critique' in pre-modern Jewish, Christian and Islamic responses to the 'sacrifice' of Abraham/Ibrahim's son.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
630	0	0	_aBible _xControversial literature.
630	0	0	_aBible _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBIBLES / General _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION / Biblical Reference / General _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION / Biblical Reference / Handbooks _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSherwood, Yvonne. _tBiblical blaspheming. _dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 _z9781107007864 _w(DLC) 2012014482 _w(OCoLC)779264936
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