Biblical themes in science fiction
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Adam, Eve, and Lilith -- The Tower of Babel -- Noah's Ark -- The Handmaid -- The Utopian City -- The Land -- Babylon -- Messiah/Christ -- Resurrection and Afterlife -- Apocalypse -- Reading from the Twilight Zone -- Contributors -- Index of...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Atlanta
SBL Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | The Bible and Science Fiction (2024) (Wright, Jaime)
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| Series/Journal: | Bible and its reception
number 6 |
| Further subjects: | B
Literature
B Bible B Science-fiction - Aspect religieux - Christianisme B Science fiction, English History and criticism B Criticism, interpretation, etc B Science fiction - Religious aspects - Christianity B Bible In literature B Science Fiction |
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| Summary: | Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Adam, Eve, and Lilith -- The Tower of Babel -- Noah's Ark -- The Handmaid -- The Utopian City -- The Land -- Babylon -- Messiah/Christ -- Resurrection and Afterlife -- Apocalypse -- Reading from the Twilight Zone -- Contributors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Scholars -- Index of Science Fiction Works. "Biblical Themes in Science Fiction is a handbook for exploring how biblical themes appear in contemporary science fiction. Contributors examine the relationship between ancient and modern depictions of Adam and Eve, the tower of Babel, Noah's ark, handmaids, utopian cities, the promised land, the city of Babylon, messiahs, resurrection, and the apocalypse. Essays are supplemented by images and key science fiction sources for diving deeper into how the Bible influenced authors of not only literature but of films and video games as well. An afterword considers the imaginative impulses common to both science fiction and biblical texts"-- |
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| ISBN: | 1628374616 |