Shakespeare And The Psalms Mystery

Author : Jem Bloomfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912067596
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery written by Jem Bloomfield and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did Shakespeare write Psalm 46 of the King James Bible? In "Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery" Jem Bloomfield investigates the literary legend that the famous playwright left his mark on the Authorized Version. He delves into the historical, textual and literary evidence, showing that the story isn't true - but that there are much more engrossing stories to be told about Shakespeare and the Bible. Whilst amassing the evidence against the Psalm 46 legend, Bloomfield asks why people want to believe it. What does this myth tell us about the connections between Shakespeare and the Bible? What does it reveal about people's views of religion and culture? In an intriguing investigation, Bloomfield ranges from the theatres of sixteenth-century England to the churches of the modern United States. On the way the reader is shown exiled Protestants becoming illegal Bible-smugglers, Edwardian schoolboys making jokes about the Book of Daniel, Lady Mary Sidney writing poetry inspired by the Psalms, Rudyard Kipling taking instructions from his own personal daemon, Lancelot Andrewes declaring that Jesus was a gardener, and other remarkable scenes from literary history. "Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery" argues that the truth is always odder and more fascinating than any conspiracy theory. In debunking the legend of Shakespeare's hand in the King James Bible, it offers the reader a glimpse into the real mysteries which these books and their histories possess. Jem Bloomfield is Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of Nottingham. His previous publications include articles in scholarly journals on literature, theatre and religion, and the book "Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible."

Author : Stephen T. Sohmer
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719055669
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Mystery Play written by Stephen T. Sohmer and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through considerable detective work, this work sets out to show that Julius Caeser was the first play performed at the new Globe Theatre on 12 June 1599. Drawing on many areas of expertise, which are rarely allied in Shakespeare scholarship to such an extent, including biblical, liturgical, social and theatrical history, the author sheds new light not only on Julius Caeser but on a variety of accepted beliefs. These include: why Hamlet was not crowned king when his father died; why Brutus would not swear to murder Caeser; why the Elizabethan authorities retained the Julian calender; and why the orthodox dates of the first composition of both Twelfth Night and Hamlet can be called into question.

Author : Hannibal Hamlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199677611
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bible in Shakespeare written by Hannibal Hamlin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about allusions to the Bible in Shakespeare's plays. It argues that such allusions are frequent, deliberate, and significant, and that the study of these allusions is repaid by a deeper understanding of the plays." - Introduction.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781453744574
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonnets and Psalms written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when beautiful Sonnets meet the Psalms? A wonderful classic collection that is inspiring and uplifting. The classic beauty of the Shakespearean Sonnets along with the timeless inspiration of the Psalms. A truly unique collection that will delight and inspire for years to come. Each Sonnet and each Psalm is a masterpiece unto themselves.The words and harmony of the Bard with the awe inspiring power of the Psalms. A powerful and lyrical combination that will be delightful to add to any collection. The words and wisdom are ones that you will want to visit again and again for years to come. Romance, praise, sorrow, worship, all united and bound in the pages of this delightful compilation.

Author : James Rees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and the Bible written by James Rees and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bernard Levin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Shakespeare Mystery written by Bernard Levin and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Honor Books
Publisher : Honor Books
ISBN 13 : 9781562928032
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Garden Psalms written by Honor Books and published by Honor Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deepest desires of the heart are explored through Psalms that teach us lessons of life from the beauty of a garden . . . that help us discover the beacon of guidance from a lighthouse . . . that encourage us to celebrate the wonder of love. The stunning imagery and poetic expressions of the Psalms have inspired and transformed the hearts of countless souls through the centuries. Now Honor Books, the leading publisher of gift devotionals, has added exquisite full-color art and heart-stirring prayers with selections from best-loved Psalms. God has been providing for the daily needs of His children since the Garden of Eden. Readers will find He promises to bless them daily out of His abundance through which they can enjoy the peace and comfort of His presence. Each devotion will give the reader another look at the richness and abundance of living and walking in the will of God.

Author : Robert H. West
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813183596
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery written by Robert H. West and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare has been viewed by critics both as a secular writer who affirmed the dual nature of man and as a Christian allegorist whose work has a submerged but positive and elaborate pattern of Christian meaning. In Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery, Robert H. West explores the philosophical and supernatural elements of five Shakespearean dramas—Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and The Tempest. Through his analysis, West discovers Shakespeare's respect for the mysteries of existence but no clear definition of the philosophical and moral context of his play worlds. An artistic motivation leads Shakespeare to use these elements ambiguously to create a dramatic effect rather than to teach a moral or ideological lesson.

Author : George Koppelman
Publisher : Axletree Books
ISBN 13 : 0692500324
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Beehive written by George Koppelman and published by Axletree Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of manuscript annotations in a curious copy of John Baret's ALVEARIE, an Elizabethan dictionary published in 1580. This revised and expanded second edition presents new evidence and furthers the argument that the annotations were written by William Shakespeare. This ebook contains text in color, and images. We recommend reading it on a device that displays both.

Author : Jess Winfield
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0446537675
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Name Is Will written by Jess Winfield and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Utterly delicious, original, witty, hilarious and brilliant. Shakespeare In Love on magic mushrooms. The Bard has never been this much fun." -- Christopher Buckley, author of Boomsday and Thank You For Smoking A Tale of two Shakespeares... Struggling UC Santa Cruz grad student Willie Shakespeare Greenberg is trying to write his thesis about the Bard. Kind of... Cut off by his father for laziness, and desperate for dough, Willie agrees to deliver a single giant, psychedelic mushroom to a mysterious collector, making himself an unwitting target in Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. Meanwhile, would-be playwright (and oppressed Catholic) William Shakespeare is eighteen years old and stuck teaching Latin in the boondocks of Stratford-upon-Avon. The future Bard's life is turned upside down when a stranger entrusts him with a sacred relic from Rome... This, at a time when adherents of the "Old Faith" are being hanged, drawn, and quartered as traitors. Seemingly separated in time and place, the lives of Willie and William begin to intersect in curious ways, from harrowing encounters with the law (and a few ex-girlfriends) to dubious experiments with mind-altering substances. Their misadventures could be dismissed as youthful folly. But wise or foolish, the bold choices they make will shape not only the 'Shakespeare' each is destined to come... but the very course of history itself.