Dark Bible - Cultures of Interpretation in Early Modern England

The Dark Bible explores early modern England's interactions with difficult aspects of the Bible. It charts early modern English use of biblical scholarship in vernacular culture and investigates how vernacular writing in various genres could give voice to questioning and confused biblical interactions.

List of contents

• Introduction: A Confused Chaos


• 1: Contradiction


• 2: Ambiguity


• 3: Defects


• 4: Disorder


• 5: Idiom


• 6: Figures


• Epilogue

About the author

Alison Knight received her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2012. She has held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship and a European Research Council Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. In 2020, she joined the English and History departments at Royal Holloway, University of London, as Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Early Modern Studies. She has published articles in Studies in Philology, The John Donne Journal, and several prominent edited volumes. She received the John Donne Society's 2018 Distinguished Publication Award.

Summary

The Dark Bible explores early modern England's interactions with difficult aspects of the Bible. It charts early modern English use of biblical scholarship in vernacular culture and investigates how vernacular writing in various genres could give voice to questioning and confused biblical interactions.

Additional text

Carefully researched, insightful, and fascinating look at the difficulties of biblical interpretation and at how those difficulties were framed, discussed, and ameliorated by institutions and individuals.

Product details

• Authors: Knight, Alison Knight, Alison (Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Earl Knight, Alison (Royal Holloway University of Londo Knight, Knight Alison
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2022
• EAN: 9780192896322
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289632-2
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; History, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Archaeology, Translation & interpretation, History and Archaeology, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Translation and interpretation