
Beauty and the Enigma
And Other Essays on the Hebrew Bible
Francis Landy(Author)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. March 2001
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-84127-147-7 (ISBN)
Description
Key essays linked by the metaphorical techniques of psychoanalysis, and focussing on the ambiguity, subversiveness and enigmatic beauty of biblical texts, notably the Song of Songs and the prophets. This book is a collection of Landy's studies on the poetics of the Hebrew Bible. The Song of Songs is featured alongside the prophetic voices of Amos. Hosea and Isaiah, and essays on the Binding of Isaac and on the book of Ruth. Throughout, the emphasis throughout is on the subversiveness, richness and ambiguity of the text, but above all its (often enigmatic) beauty. The thread of psychoanalysis and its metaphorical technique draws together this collection from one of the Bible's most sensitive and distinctive literary critics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
674 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84127-147-7 (9781841271477)
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03/2001
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Sheffield Academic Press
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Francis Landy is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.