Examines the varied ways in which cultural media such as television, video games and fantasy literature allude to, perpetuate or subvert biblical narratives. Supporting the theory that there is no singular 'Bible', and the idea that biblical literacy is demonstrated in a multitude of ways beyond confessional interpretations of biblical texts, the contributors of this volume explore how multiple 'Bibles' coexist simultaneously in popular cultures. By interrogating popular television, music, and film, biblical retellings are identified which
variously perpetuate, challenge or subvert biblical narratives and motifs.
The topics discussed are gathered around three themes: depictions of sex and gender, troubling representations, and subversions of biblical authority. This volume offers new studies on retellings of biblical texts which seek to interrogate, perpetuate and challenge dominant cultural ideas of who can interpret biblical texts, what forms this might take, and the influence of biblical interpretations in our societies.
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Examines the varied ways in which cultural media such as television, video games and fantasy literature allude to, perpetuate or subvert biblical narratives.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction - Zanne Domoney-Lyttle, University of Glasgow, UK and
Rebekah Welton, University of Exeter, UK
2. Serpentine Saviours and Woke Women: When the Satanic Witch Met Eve in the
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - Holly Morse, University of Manchester, UK
3. Buffy the Philistine Slayer: Echoes of Samson in the Buffyverse - Sarah
Nicholson, University of Glasgow, UK
4. I cant be physical with you Reimagining John 20:17 through Fleabag -
Siobhan Jolley, University of Manchester, UK
5. Anti-Judaism in English History and the Strange Moment when Dr Who
Appeared to Propagate Biblical Supersessionism - David Tollerton, University
of Exeter, UK
6. Reception of the Bible in My Little Pony and Christian Apocrypha - Tom de
Bruin, Newbold College, UK
7. Hip-Hop, Allegory and Exodus: A Study on Mosaic Masculinity and
Liberative Performance in C-Murders Lord Help Us - Eleanor Hayes,
University of Glasgow, UK
8. Subverting Scriptural Authority in Punk Music - Zanne Domoney-Lyttle,
University of Glasgow, UK
9. The Return of the Goddess in Supernatural: God, the Darkness and Genesis
1:1-2 - Rebekah Welton, University of Exeter, UK
10. Subversive Screenings: Rethinking Genesis 22 in Popular Visual Media -
Matthew Collins, University of Chester, UK
11. A Bad End for 'Good' Books? Scriptural Fantasies and Fears in The Good
Place and Good Omens - Laura Carlson Hasler, Indiana University, USA
12. Response to previous chapters - Hugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield,
UK
Bibliography
Index
Zanne Domoney-Lyttle is a biblical scholar affiliated with the University of Glasgow, UK.
Rebekah Welton is a lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK.
