The Bible as Literature: A New Introduction - Paperback

by Luke Ferretter (Author)

This book introduces the Bible as one of the greatest works of world literature. Ferretter provides a comprehensive history of the field, alongside detailed readings of the Bible and the most influential theories in the area. It is essential reading for students and scholars of Literature, Biblical Studies, and Cultural Studies.

Author Biography

Luke Ferretter is Professor of English at Baylor University, USA, where he teaches twentieth- and twenty-first-century British and American literature and theory, and the Bible as literature. He is the author of The Glyph and the Gramophone: D. H. Lawrence's Religion (2013); Sylvia Plath's Fiction: A Critical Study (2010); Louis Althusser (2006); and Towards a Christian Literary Theory (2003).