The Bible and Western Christian Literature is an authoritative resource that explores the Bible’s impact and influence on the development of literature. Moving from the classical period to modern day, researches can chart the course through primary materials, essays, and more. With international contributions to reflect the biblical text itself, this work considers the broader geographical, philosophical, and theological factors to consider as part of the Bible’s role in culture and society.

➜ Augustine’s Confessions.

➜ Dante’s Biblical Inspiration

➜ John Donne’s Holy Sonnets

➜ Charlotte Brontë.

➜ J. R.R. Tolkien.

➜ Walter Benjamin

➜ Medieval Universities.

➜ Biblical Theatre

➜ Enlightenment and Science

➜ Utopia and Fairy Tales

➜ Blasphemy and iconoclasm

➜ Literacy, materiality and the Bible

Each section is edited by a leading specialist in the period and begins with a set of introductory materials including a chapter on how the biblical text is mediated in the given period. Ten thematic essays follow to introduce the key thinkers, works, events and themes of the period. Extracts from primary materials are presented with specialist commentary showing how these texts interact with the Bible itself.