Between the Text and the Canvas: the Bible and Art in Dialogue

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Publisher Marketing: This lively collection of essays seeks to establish a dialogue between the Bible and art that sees the biblical text and artistic representations of it as equal conversation partners. By looking at texts and canvases from different angles, the nine contributors to the volume reveal how biblical interpretation can shed important light on art, how art can contribute significantly to biblical interpretation and how each has something distinctive to offer to the interpretative task. Contributor Bio:  Exum, J Cheryl J. Cheryl Exum is Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. The author of numerous scholarly works on the Hebrew Bible, her books include "Tragedy and Biblical Narrative", "Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives", and "Plotted, Shot, and Painted: Cultural Representations of Biblical Women". She is Director of Sheffield Phoenix Press.