{"product_id":"the-dark-bible-alison-knight-9780192896322","title":"The Dark Bible: Cultures of Interpretation in Early Modern England","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Dark Bible\u003c\/em\u003e explores early modern England's interactions with difficult aspects of the Bible. For the early modern reader, although the Bible was understood to be perfect, sufficient, and transcendent (indeed, the Protestant Reformation required it), it was not always experienced as such. While traditional interpretive precepts, such as the claim that all dark passages could be read in the light of clear ones, were frequently recited by early modern commentators, their actual encounters with the darkness of the Bible suggest that writers, commentators, and translators were often deeply uncomfortable with the disjunction between what the Bible should be, and what it actually was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dark Bible\u003c\/em\u003e investigates writers' and translators' attempts to explain, accommodate, circumvent, and repair problematic texts across a range of genres and contexts. It charts early modern English use of biblical scholarship in vernacular culture and investigates how vernacular writing in various genres could give voice to questioning and confused biblical interactions. \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Bible\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that early modern writers and critics engaged extensively with the Bible's difficulties, attempting to circumvent and repair problematic texts, and otherwise reconcile the darkness of the Bible with theories of the Bible's perfection and clarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192896326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192896322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.40w x 1.60d","brand":"Alison Knight","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44122142310655,"sku":"9780192896322","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68edeb77-2b27-4dba-a462-c5bc33b822a7.jpg?v=1687423416","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dark-bible-alison-knight-9780192896322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}