The Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts

An authoritative assessment of the changing relationship between the Bible and the arts In this unique Companion , 35 scholars, from world-famous to just beginning, explore the role of the Bible in art and of artistic motifs in the Bible. Specially commissioned chapters demonstrate that just as the arts have portrayed biblical stories in a variety of ways and media over the centuries, so what we call ‘the’ Bible is not actually a single entity but has been composed of fiercely contested translat