Moses in America

The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative

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de Melanie Jane Wright

Type: Studies
Sujet: Sociology
Mots Clés: religion, Bible, Cecil B. DeMille
Année d'édition: 2002
Editeur: Oxford University Press
Collection: AAR Religion, Culture, and History
Langue: anglais

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Hardcover • 184 pages
5 ½ x 8 inches (14 x 20.5 cm)

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

0-19-515226-3
978-0-19-515226-5

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Description de l'ouvrage:
This book explores the retelling of the life of Moses in three 20th-century American narratives: Moses in Red, by Lincoln Steffens; Moses, Man of the Mountain, by Zora Neale Hurston; and Cecil B. DeMille's film, The Ten Commandments. Wright's analysis reveals that the figure of Moses has strong currency in American culture at many levels: mainstream, white and black, intellectual and academic, religious and secular. More generally, she seeks throughout to address the question of why these three artists believed their arguments - and wright insists that they are arguments - were best advanced by the re-presentation of an ancient biblical narrative.

À propos de l'auteur :
Melanie Jane Wright, Academic Director, Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

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