Enacting the Bible in Medieval and Early Modern Drama

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The thirteen chapters in this collection open up new horizons for the study of biblical drama by putting special emphasis on multitemporality, the intersections of biblical narrative and performance, and the strategies employed by playwrights to rework and adapt the biblical source material in Catholic, Protestant and Jewish culture. Aspects under scrutiny include dramatic traditions, confessional and religious rites, dogmas and debates, conceptualisations of performance, and audience response. The contributors stress the co-presence of biblical and contemporary concerns in the periods under discussion, conceiving of biblical drama as a central participant in the dynamic struggle to both interpret and translate the Bible. -- .

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'There is much here to stimulate, and encourage new attention to the variety and complexity of biblical plays.'
Cathy Hume, Journal of British Studies

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Chanita Goodblatt is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Eva von Contzen is Junior Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany