Jeanette Patterson

Making the Bible French

The Bible historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Making the Bible French examines the Bible historiale, the most prolific and influential pre-Reformation French-language Bible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 236mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781487508883
• ISBN-10: 1487508883
• Artikelnr.: 62221432

Autorenporträt

By Jeanette Patterson

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Making the French Bible, or Making the Bible French
2. Telling it Right: Confronting Reader Resistance
3. Soothing Listeners’ Ears: Narrative Aesthetics and Poetic Faith
4. Les paroles dont je vous ay fait mention: The Bible historiale’s Two
Books of Job
5. The Patient Reader
Conclusion: Asking the Right Questions
Appendix: Table of Selected Manuscripts
Notes   
Bibliography