| Beauty and the Enigma Contributor(s): Landy, Francis (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1841271470 ISBN-13: 9781841271477 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $257.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General |
| Dewey: 221.66 |
| LCCN: 2001334354 |
| Series: JSOT Supplement (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.44" W x 9.54" (1.76 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |