The Writing on the Wall
High Art, Popular Culture and the Bible
Published on 24. June 2010
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-340-98003-3 (ISBN)
Description
In an increasingly secularised society, the average person is unlikely to have a working knowledge of the Bible. Yet a great deal of our culture is built on stories or ideas that come from the Bible. Literature, art, music, language and even the fabric of our society - such as our justice system - are built on Christian concepts and biblical references. THE WRITING ON THE WALL provides a fascinating introduction to the Bible's best-known, and most influential, stories. Each chapter gives the full text of a story from the Bible and explains its original significance, then shows how this story has become enmeshed in Western culture. Adam and Eve, the ten plagues of Egypt, The Prodigal Son and Mary Magdalene all feature - along with how the Bible has influenced everyone from Shakespeare to Ian McEwan, and The Beatles to Monty Python.THE WRITING ON THE WALL opens up not just the Bible but also much of popular culture, and is for the everyday reader as well as the churchgoer.
Reviews / Votes
This is no mean feat ... a treasure trove ... extremely readable. * Evangelicals Now * Written in a lively and readable style by the multi-talented Dawn...certain to open up her writing to a whole new audience. * Church Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Illustrations
n/a
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-98003-3 (9780340980033)
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Person
After spending a number of years working as a singer, writer and musician in the field of contemporary music, Maggi Dawn was ordained into the Anglican Church in 1999. She became Chaplain at Robinson College, Cambridge University, in September 2003. She is an occasional broadcaster for BBC Radio 4 Religion, and is a regular speaker at Greenbelt Festival.