TY - BOOK AU - O'Kane,Martin TI - Borders, boundaries and the Bible SN - 1841271489 AV - BR115.A8 O336 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - Sheffield Academic Press KW - Bible criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Christianity and the arts N1 - Essays based on the proceedings of two conferences held at Newman College, Birmingham, in 1999 and 2000; Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-347) and index; Removing an ancient landmark : reading the Bible as cultural production / Robert P. Carroll -- The flight into Egypt : icon of refuge for the h(a)unted / Martin O'Kane -- The compassionate God of Leviticus and his animal creation / Mary Douglas -- The sacrifice of Isaac (the Akedah) in Christian and Jewish tradition : artistic representatons / Edward Kessler -- "The Son of God goes forth to war" : Biblical imagery in Rudyard Kipling's "The man who would be king" / Larry J. Kreitzer -- The composer of sacred music as an interpreter of the Bible / Wendy J. Porter -- Open letter from a blind disciple to a sighted Saviour / John M. Hull -- The idea of character in the Bible : Joseph the dreamer / Stephen Prickett -- Joseph the patriarch : representations of Joseph in early post-Biblical literature / Susan Docherty -- Hans Holbein's The ambassadors : Biblical reflections on a Renaissance masterpiece / Larry J. Kreitzer -- On the frontier : Judith and Esther in the myth of America / Margarita Stocker -- Lethal woman 2 : reflections on Delilah and her incarnation as Liz Hurley / J. Cheryl Exum -- Heroes of the Promised Land : translating American frontier myths into Biblical epics / Joy Sisley -- Jesus, Mary and Joseph! : (holy) family values in film / Gaye Ortiz -- A voice crying in the wilderness : the Biblical hero in opera with specific reference to John the Baptist / Anthony Axe ER -