This book presents a collection of case studies of biblical retellings in various contexts. Every section starts with an introduction presenting a brief overview of the field, the issues treated, as well as the nature and directions of contemporary scholarly discourse. After a detailed general introduction defining the Bible itself and the concept of retelling, the notion of is readdressed, particularly analyzing the way they are composed. Then follow the sections from Jerome to the Post-Holocaust period, the Bible in the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment, in medieval hagiography, from Late Antiquity to Bruce Springsteen, and finally the retelling strategies and challenges of and a brief treatment of retelling .weiterlesen