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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Deborah W. Rooke (Research Fellow in Bible and Music, Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.586kg ISBN: 9780199279289ISBN 10: 0199279284 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 23 February 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroit 1: To Laugh or not to Laugh: the Question of Esther 2: A Gender Agenda: Deborah in Holy Writ and Handel 3: Jezebel, Joash and Jesus Christ: Aspects of Athalia 4: Saul: Tragedy, Treachery, and Theology 5: From Wild Man to War Hero: The Story of Samson 6: Joseph: saint or sinner? Italian Opera, Handelian Oratorio, and Eighteenth-century Commentaries 7: Judas Macchabaeus: Justifying the 1745 Anti-Jacobite Campaign 8: Solomon and his Women: A Handelian Triptych 9: Susanna: A Marriage Made in Heaven 10: Sex and Death, or the Death of Sex: The Fate of Jephthah's Daughter Postlude BibliographyReviewsEvery time [Rooke] described Handels works with reference to modern biblical scholarship, the pages turned themselves ... a good read Sarah Lenton, Church Times Every time [Rooke] described Handels works with reference to modern biblical scholarship, the pages turned themselves ... a good read Sarah Lenton, Church Times [Rooke] has amply demonstrated how biblical texts were interpreted by Handels librettists and in addition provides valuable insight into the world of early eighteenth-century biblical interpretation. Richard H. Bell, The Journal of Theological Studies, Every time [Rooke] described Handels works with reference to modern biblical scholarship, the pages turned themselves ... a good read * Sarah Lenton, Church Times * [Rooke] has amply demonstrated how biblical texts were interpreted by Handels librettists and in addition provides valuable insight into the world of early eighteenth-century biblical interpretation. * Richard H. Bell, The Journal of Theological Studies, * Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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