
The Bible and Popular Culture
From Genesis to Revelation
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. July 2025
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-1-032-53474-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an accessible overview of the Bible's complex and evolving reception in popular culture. Drawing on biblical interpretations in TV, film, and music, it demonstrates the enduring diversity of the Bible's reception history.
Ranging from Genesis and Exodus of the Hebrew Bible to the Gospels and Revelation of the New Testament, its biblical chronology takes a book-by-book format that locates and examines various examples of how these texts have been read, received, and interpreted. Case studies include The Handmaid's Tale, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Da Vinci Code, and Family Guy. Woven within these chapters is fresh analysis of how themes of parody, satire, sex, and conspiracy appear in these biblical interpretations.
This book is an engaging resource for students encountering biblical reception history in popular culture for the first time, and it will also be of wider interest to those intrigued by the interplay between religion, culture, and media.
Ranging from Genesis and Exodus of the Hebrew Bible to the Gospels and Revelation of the New Testament, its biblical chronology takes a book-by-book format that locates and examines various examples of how these texts have been read, received, and interpreted. Case studies include The Handmaid's Tale, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Da Vinci Code, and Family Guy. Woven within these chapters is fresh analysis of how themes of parody, satire, sex, and conspiracy appear in these biblical interpretations.
This book is an engaging resource for students encountering biblical reception history in popular culture for the first time, and it will also be of wider interest to those intrigued by the interplay between religion, culture, and media.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-53474-9 (9781032534749)
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Persons
Ole Jakob Loland is Professor of Religion, Life Stance, and Ethics at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He has published extensively on biblical reception in contemporary cultures.
Anders Martinsen is Associate Professor of Religion, Life Stance, and Ethics at the Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. His research has focused on slavery in the New Testament, Bible translations, and the Norwegian Church and the Holocaust.
Anders Martinsen is Associate Professor of Religion, Life Stance, and Ethics at the Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. His research has focused on slavery in the New Testament, Bible translations, and the Norwegian Church and the Holocaust.
Content
Introduction
1 Book of Genesis: Sex Machine
2 Book of Exodus: Liberation
3 The Book of Psalms: The First Blues
4 Ecclesiastes: Intertextual Echoes
5 The Gospels: The Dispute about Caricatures
6 The Pauline Epistles: The Unpopular Evangelist
7 1 John and 2 John: Anti-Christ as a Guiding Star
8 Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and the End of the World as We Know It
9 The Apocryphal Gospels: Sex, Crucifixion, and Conspiracy
Epilogue: The Bible in a Digital Age
1 Book of Genesis: Sex Machine
2 Book of Exodus: Liberation
3 The Book of Psalms: The First Blues
4 Ecclesiastes: Intertextual Echoes
5 The Gospels: The Dispute about Caricatures
6 The Pauline Epistles: The Unpopular Evangelist
7 1 John and 2 John: Anti-Christ as a Guiding Star
8 Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and the End of the World as We Know It
9 The Apocryphal Gospels: Sex, Crucifixion, and Conspiracy
Epilogue: The Bible in a Digital Age