Trauma and the Bible: The Artist’s Response
This essay explores how artists have used biblical themes and characters to convey the universal experiences of trauma, anguish, and suffering. In following or subverting standard iconographical conventions, they produced works of stunning originality that encourage the viewer to engage with the bib...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sage Publ.
2015
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2015, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-62 |
| Further subjects: | B
Occupation
B Diaspora (social sciences) B man of sorrows B Exile B Imago pietatis B Species B Trauma B Binding of Isaac B Suffering Servant |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This essay explores how artists have used biblical themes and characters to convey the universal experiences of trauma, anguish, and suffering. In following or subverting standard iconographical conventions, they produced works of stunning originality that encourage the viewer to engage with the biblical texts they depicted in original and creative ways. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964314552416 |