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PORTABLE PROFESSOR <i>is a series of exciting and informative lectures recorded by some of today's most renowned university and college professors. Each course introduces listeners to fascinating, and sometimes startling, insights into the intellectual forces that shape our understanding of the world. Each package includes 14 riveting lectures presented by notable professors as well as a book-length course guide.</i><br> <br> The Bible is undoubtedly the most influential work of literature in Western culture. From Milton to Joyce, Shakespeare to Hemingway, generations of writers and thinkers have taken inspiration from the stories, poems, and parables found in the sacred volume. In this fascinating course, Professor Adam Potkay examines how the Bible—which continues to be one of the bestselling books ever—has been read and interpreted throughout history, and how its timeless themes can be found at the very roots of the cultural and literary traditions of the West.<br> <br> COURSE LECTURES<br> <br> <ol> <li>Authorship and Style in the Torah</li> <li>Cain and Abel in Story, Theology, and Literary History</li> <li>Icons and Iconoclasm: From Moses to Milton</li> <li>The Story of King

Author

Adam Potkay

Publisher

[United States]: Barnes & Noble Audio

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780760750025