Intertextuality Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture
Essays in Honor of Caroline H. C. M. Vander Stichele
Will be published approx. on 6. August 2026
336 pages
979-8-7651-6373-3 (ISBN)
Description
This edited collection argues that the Bible remains culturally relevant within our contemporary, secular society.
Frank G. Bosman, Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté, Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, and their contributors trace how biblical imagery and phrasing are not only traceable but immanent in understanding our present-day cultural and spiritual status quo. Mapping numerous examples of these intertextual relationships, the essays herein compare, at the one hand, biblical texts and, at the other, cultural expressions in the 20th and 21st centuries. Zooming in on artifacts like The Book of Clarence (2023), Caroline Street's painting "Creation: Sixth Day," and the videogame Legion, the contributors discuss the nascent religious elements of these arguably "secular" texts. What sets this volume apart from similar, religious-based cultural analyses is its focus on what these intertextualities between religious and secular culture communicate about ourselves, the Bible, and society as a whole.
Frank G. Bosman, Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté, Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, and their contributors trace how biblical imagery and phrasing are not only traceable but immanent in understanding our present-day cultural and spiritual status quo. Mapping numerous examples of these intertextual relationships, the essays herein compare, at the one hand, biblical texts and, at the other, cultural expressions in the 20th and 21st centuries. Zooming in on artifacts like The Book of Clarence (2023), Caroline Street's painting "Creation: Sixth Day," and the videogame Legion, the contributors discuss the nascent religious elements of these arguably "secular" texts. What sets this volume apart from similar, religious-based cultural analyses is its focus on what these intertextualities between religious and secular culture communicate about ourselves, the Bible, and society as a whole.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
41 bw illus
File size
14,93 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-6373-3 (9798765163733)
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Frank G. Bosman | Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen | Maurits J. Sinninghe Damste
Intertextuality Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture
Essays in Honor of Caroline H. C. M. Vander Stichele
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approx. 09/2026
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Persons
Frank G. Bosman is Assistant Professor of Cultural Theology at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté is an Independent New Testament exegete, Spain.
Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen is Professor of Old Testament at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté is an Independent New Testament exegete, Spain.
Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen is Professor of Old Testament at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Content
Introduction - THE COMMUNICATION-DYNAMICS OF INTERTEXTUALITY: A Liber Amicarum et Amicorum for Caroline Vander Stichele, Frank G. Bosman & Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté & Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen
1 - THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA AND MODERN ILLUSTRATED TRANSLATIONS: Graphic Artists as Beholders of the Text, Pancratius C. Beentjes
2 - WE ARE LEGION: An Intertextual Analysis of "Legion" and "A House Divided" in the Mass Effect Game Series, Frank G. Bosman
3 - A BLACK JESUS-FIGURE IN THE BOOK OF CLARENCE: Genre and Allusionism, Laura T. Copier
4 - ON THE MOUNTAINS OF SPICE: Imaginary Landscapes in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain and in the Song of Songs, Dries J. L. A. De Crom
5 - MULTIPLE DOGS: The Power of the Dog and Psalm 22:20, Jan Willem van Henten
6 - THE NAME OF GOD REVISITED: Moses According to Johannes Wickert, Bart J. Koet
7 - "LET US MAKE BIODIVERSITY IN OUR IMAGE": The Dutch Prayer Day for Crops and Labour Revised in the Light of the Climate Crisis, Deborah C. de Koning
8 - CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE AS A HEURISTIC DEVICE FOR UNDERSTANDING VARIANT READINGS IN NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS: Mark 9:11-13 as a Test Case, Hans H.M. Lammers
9 - THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF JESUS: His Visage and Its Importance, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
10 - GENESIS 1:1-2:3 AND CAROLINE STREET'S CREATION SIXTH DAY LAND CREATURES AND MAN: The Intertextuality between Both 'Texts' from a Communication Perspective, Cornelia J. M. Melisse
11 - IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED THEM: Divine Presence through Light, Colour, and Likeness in Two Medieval Works of Art, Esther M. Mulders
12 - THE SIXTH SENSE AND THE BIBLE: Reality, Awareness, and a Child, Jeremy Punt
13 - THE AXE LAID TO THE ROOT: A Biblical Expression and Its Reception in Early Christianity, Riemer Roukema
14 - ENIGMATIC MYSTERY AND HIEROGLYPHIC ALCHEMY: An Exploration of the Sculptures on Sodom and Gomorrah by Yehuda Levy-Aldema, Susanne Scholz
15 - LUKE 1:5-80 AND JIM JANKNEGT'S PAINTING THE VISITATION: An Intertextual Communication Analysis, Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté
16 - LUKE 10:25-37 AND CONSTANT'S LA SAMARITAINE: A Communication-Oriented Analysis, M. Fleur Vroege-Crijns
17 - GENESIS 22:1-19 AND ALAN FALK'S THE BINDING OF ISAAC: An Intertextual Communication Analysis, Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen
18 - THE COSMIC JOHANNINE JESUS, Ruben J. van Wingerden
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
1 - THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA AND MODERN ILLUSTRATED TRANSLATIONS: Graphic Artists as Beholders of the Text, Pancratius C. Beentjes
2 - WE ARE LEGION: An Intertextual Analysis of "Legion" and "A House Divided" in the Mass Effect Game Series, Frank G. Bosman
3 - A BLACK JESUS-FIGURE IN THE BOOK OF CLARENCE: Genre and Allusionism, Laura T. Copier
4 - ON THE MOUNTAINS OF SPICE: Imaginary Landscapes in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain and in the Song of Songs, Dries J. L. A. De Crom
5 - MULTIPLE DOGS: The Power of the Dog and Psalm 22:20, Jan Willem van Henten
6 - THE NAME OF GOD REVISITED: Moses According to Johannes Wickert, Bart J. Koet
7 - "LET US MAKE BIODIVERSITY IN OUR IMAGE": The Dutch Prayer Day for Crops and Labour Revised in the Light of the Climate Crisis, Deborah C. de Koning
8 - CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE AS A HEURISTIC DEVICE FOR UNDERSTANDING VARIANT READINGS IN NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS: Mark 9:11-13 as a Test Case, Hans H.M. Lammers
9 - THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF JESUS: His Visage and Its Importance, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
10 - GENESIS 1:1-2:3 AND CAROLINE STREET'S CREATION SIXTH DAY LAND CREATURES AND MAN: The Intertextuality between Both 'Texts' from a Communication Perspective, Cornelia J. M. Melisse
11 - IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED THEM: Divine Presence through Light, Colour, and Likeness in Two Medieval Works of Art, Esther M. Mulders
12 - THE SIXTH SENSE AND THE BIBLE: Reality, Awareness, and a Child, Jeremy Punt
13 - THE AXE LAID TO THE ROOT: A Biblical Expression and Its Reception in Early Christianity, Riemer Roukema
14 - ENIGMATIC MYSTERY AND HIEROGLYPHIC ALCHEMY: An Exploration of the Sculptures on Sodom and Gomorrah by Yehuda Levy-Aldema, Susanne Scholz
15 - LUKE 1:5-80 AND JIM JANKNEGT'S PAINTING THE VISITATION: An Intertextual Communication Analysis, Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté
16 - LUKE 10:25-37 AND CONSTANT'S LA SAMARITAINE: A Communication-Oriented Analysis, M. Fleur Vroege-Crijns
17 - GENESIS 22:1-19 AND ALAN FALK'S THE BINDING OF ISAAC: An Intertextual Communication Analysis, Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen
18 - THE COSMIC JOHANNINE JESUS, Ruben J. van Wingerden
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
