The Medieval Popular Bible: Expansions of Genesis in the Middle Ages

by Brian Murdoch

The presentation, the use, and the possible reception of the book of Genesis to lay audience largely unable to read the original texts.

What was meant by the medieval popular Bible - what was presented as biblical narrative to an audience largely unable to read the original biblical texts? Presentations in the vernacular languages of Europe of supposedly biblicalepisodes were more often than not expanded and interpreted, sometimes very considerably...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859917762
• ISBN13: 9780859917766
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: D.S. Brewer
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.7"