{"product_id":"an-epitome-of-biblical-history-david-townsend-9780888444806","title":"An Epitome of Biblical History: Glosses on Walter of Chatillon's 'Alexandreis' 4.176-274","description":"An epic of some 5500 lines on the life of Alexander the Great, Walter of Chatillon's \u003ci\u003eAlexandreis\u003c\/i\u003e stood, from the late twelfth century till the close of the Middle Ages, among the most successful and widely read works of Latin literature. This volume presents one free-standing version of the more or less 'standard' commentary on a uniquely celebrated passage from the poem. The lines in question, 176-274 of Book 4, describe a tomb commissioned by Alexander for the wife of Darius, after her death in captivity to the Greek commander. The painter Apelles devises for the tomb an iconographical schema largely devoted to rehearsal of the Hebrew Scriptures. The commentary elucidates Walter's compressed biblical references to the fictive tomb's illustrative cycle through extensive paraphrase of episodes from the Hebrew Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Townsend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 088844480X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780888444806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PIMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"David Townsend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483736453375,"sku":"9780888444806","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89b39df5-22eb-424b-b83d-d5637c4a3e72.jpg?v=1778040319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-epitome-of-biblical-history-david-townsend-9780888444806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}