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John F. A. Sawyer is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Newcastle University and of Biblical and Jewish Studies at Lancaster. Among his many publications are Sacred Texts and Scared Meanings (2011), A Concise Dictionary of the Bible and its Reception (2009), and The Fifth Gospel: Isaish in afficher plus the History of Christianity (1996). He is co-editor of the Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion (with J. M. Y. Simpson, 2001), and series editor (with Christopher Rowland, Judith Kovacs and David Gunn) of the reception-history-based Blackwell Bible Commentary Series. afficher moins
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Œuvres de John F. A. Sawyer

The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture (2006) — Directeur de publication — 39 exemplaires
Isaiah, in Two Volumes 28 exemplaires
From Moses to Patmos (1977) 10 exemplaires

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The Prophets (1996) — Contributeur — 17 exemplaires
Among the Prophets (JSOT Supplement) (1993) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
After Ezekiel : essays on the reception of a difficult prophet (2011) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires

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NCLA Review - This book has already found a permanent place on my desktop. John F. A. Sawyer, an Old Testament scholar, has done us all a favor by rescuing the Bible dictionary from a boring, predictable reference work, to a volume which is both engaging and informative. If you already have a Bible dictionary you will still want to add this to your collection. Unlike other Bible dictionaries, this work approaches things from an objective and subjective point of view—addressing not only what it means in the Bible, but what it has meant to those who have been engaged by it. You will not find here everything that is covered in a normal Bible dictionary, but what is covered is done in a way that makes you want to return to it again and again. Just imagine a Bible dictionary which contains entries from T.S. Eliot to the Talmud—from Verdi to the Virgin Mary. The author provides a helpful list of books for further reference, and an exhaustive index of biblical references. Rating: 4 —WS… (plus d'informations)
 
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Membres
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ISBN
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