Shakespeare And The Psalms Mystery

Author : Jem Bloomfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912067595

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Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery by Jem Bloomfield Pdf

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
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Calendar
ISBN : 0719055660

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Shakespeare's Mystery Play by Stephen T. Sohmer Pdf

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 : James Rees
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Bible and literature
ISBN : UCAL:$B259690

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Shakespeare and the Bible by James Rees Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare,King David
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1453744576

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Sonnets and Psalms by William Shakespeare,King David Pdf

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 : Hannibal Hamlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199677610

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The Bible in Shakespeare by Hannibal Hamlin Pdf

"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 : Bernard Levin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040162682

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A Shakespeare Mystery by Bernard Levin Pdf

Author : Richard Ramsbotham
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1902636546

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Who Wrote Bacon? by Richard Ramsbotham Pdf

For years, a popular debate has been raging about whether Shakespeare was really the author of the many plays and poems published under his name. Doubters argue that Shakespeare could not have accomplished such a great feat, pointing instead to other well-known figures. Richard Ramsbotham offers a completely different perspective by reexamining the available evidence and by introducing unexplored aspects of Rudolf Steiner's spiritual-scientific research. The author discusses Shakespeare's life as an actor, mysteries of the debate such as the enigmatic Psalm 46, and the persistent question of Francis Bacon's connection with Shakespeare. Recently, a movement has been gaining ground that sees Bacon himself as the covert writer of the great works attributed to Shakespeare. Not content with this radical claim, that movement also wishes to place Bacon on the primary pedestal of British civilization, as a kind of patron saint of the modern scientific age. The author provides substantial confirmation of a definite connection between Shakespeare and Bacon, but one that radically challenges the conclusions of the Baconian movement. The author also opens remarkable new perspectives on King James I and his connections not only with Shakespeare and Bacon but also with Jakob Böhme, Rudolf II, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and the original Globe Theatre. Published 400 years after the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, Who Wrote Bacon? offers a timely contribution to these themes, and shows how they remain critically important to our understanding of the twenty-first century. Includes eight pages of B/W plates.

Author : Robert G. Hunter
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780820338545

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Shakespeare and the Mystery of God's Judgments by Robert G. Hunter Pdf

Robert G. Hunter maintains that the impact of the Protestant Reformation on the Elizabethan mind was in great part responsible for the emergence of the outstanding tragedies of the age. Luther and Calvin caused men to ask how God can be just if man is not free, and Shakespeare's greatest tragedies confront the vexing problems posed by these altered conceptions of man's freedom of will and God's providential control of natural circumstance. Shakespeare's audiences were not single-minded. He wrote for semi-Pelagians, Augustinians, Calvinists, and men and women who did not know what to think. Confl icting certainties, doubts, and uncertainties were his raw material, both within his mind and the minds of the audience. Hunter shows how Shakespeare uses the major attitudes toward God's judgment in creating Richard III, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. He notes that Shakespeare's different viewpoints are the heart of the tragedies themselves. Even after Shakespeare's imaginative considerations of the mysteries, the tragedies seem to consistently provide questions rather than answers, and what they inspire in their beholders is more likely to be doubt than faith.

Author : Piero Boitani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0268022356

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The Gospel According to Shakespeare by Piero Boitani Pdf

The Gospel according to Shakespeare urges that Shakespeare translated the good news of the New Testament into human terms, which can be found in many of his plays.

Author : Thomas Ebenezer Webb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-20
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1375627333

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The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence by Thomas Ebenezer Webb Pdf

Author : Naseeb Shaheen
Publisher : University of Delaware
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781611493733

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Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays by Naseeb Shaheen Pdf

The hundreds of biblical references in Shakespeare's plays give ample evidence that he was well acquainted with Scripture. Not only is the range of his biblical references impressive, but also the aptness with which he makes them. Hamlet and Othello each have more than fifty biblical references. No study of Shakespeare's plays is complete that ignores Shakespeare's use of scripture. The Bibles that Shakespeare knew, however, were not those that are in use today. By the time the King James Bible appeared in 1611, Shakespeare's career was all but over, and the Anglican liturgy that is evident in his plays is likewise one that few persons are acquainted with. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the English Bibles of Shakespeare's day, notes their similarities and differences, and indicates which version the playwright knew best. The thorny question of what constitutes a valid biblical reference is also discussed. The study of Shakespeare's biblical references is not based on secondary sources. The author owned one of the world's largest collections of early English bibles, including over one hundred copies of the Geneva bible and numerous editions of other Bibles, prayer books, and books of homilies of Shakespeare's day. To be of real worth, a study of Shakespeare's biblical references should also enable the reader to determine which references Shakespeare borrowed from his plot sources and which he added from his own memory as part of his design for the play. The author studies every source that Shakespeare is known to have read or consulted before writing each play and has examined the biblical references in those sources. Shaheen then points out which biblical references in his literary sources Shakespeare accepted, and how he adapted them in his plays. This information is especially valuable when assessing the theological meanings that are sometimes imposed on his plays, meanings that often go beyond what Shakespeare intended or what his audience must have understood. Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays is considerably broader in scope than any other study of its kind and provides the scholarly checks and balances in dealing with the subject that previous studies lacked. .

Author : Adele Davidson
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0874130476

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Shakespeare in Shorthand by Adele Davidson Pdf

The year 2008 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first publication of King Lear, and for four centuries the play has remained a consummate bibliographical mystery. Winner of the 2007 Jay L. Halio prize for best manuscript in Shakespeare studies, Shakespeare in Shorthand demonstrates that many textual anomalies derive from the play's transcription in Elizabethan shorthand. The shorthand system of John Willis, Stenographie (1602), shows a high correlation with the unusual textual features found in the first quarto of Lear (1608). The patterns of variants in the quarto conform to Willis' rules regarding the reduction of diphthongs and digraphs and the omission of aspirated, doubled, or unsounded letters. In the past two decades the textual interrelation of quarto and folio (1623) Lear has proven one of the most contested issues in Shakespearean studies, and an examination of Stenographie reveals that some of these textual differences result not from authorial revision, but from transmission in abbreviated writing. Bibliographical evidence also indicates that some textual omissions from the folio version are neither authorial nor theatrical, but derive from the printing house.

Author : Charles Alfred Swinburne,William Shakespeare
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1347629211

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Sacred & Shakespearian Affinities by Charles Alfred Swinburne,William Shakespeare Pdf

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Author : John Waterfield
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781440143410

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The Heart of His Mystery by John Waterfield Pdf

Shakespeare has traditionally been viewed as Queen Elizabeth's 'poet laureate', and as the official mouthpiece of the Elizabethan age. But the Elizabethan world was torn apart by the religious divisions initiated by the Reformation, and vitiated by the government's merciless persecution of Catholics. As it was the victors who wrote the history, the English Reformation has been portrayed as a peaceful transition enjoying majority support, when in fact it was nothing of the kind. Elizabeth's regime was a police state which sanctioned the use of torture, where Catholic priests and those who harboured them were liable to summary and bloody execution. The persecution of Catholics was continued by James I, evoking the violent response of the Gunpowder Plot. The Heart of His Mystery examines Shakespeare's life and work against this background. There is strong biographical evidence that he was himself a Catholic, and a detailed survey of his plays and poems shows that his imagination was intimately bound up with his religious faith. When we realise that his human compassion grew from his membership in a persecuted community, we can glimpse the mystery he has encrypted in his works and we come closer to understanding the hidden heart of Shakespeare the man.

Author : Robert Hunter West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034997507

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Shakespeare & the Outer Mystery by Robert Hunter West Pdf