Scared by the Bible (eBook)

The Roots of Horror in Scripture

Brandon R. Grafius (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
256 Seiten
Morehouse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-64065-784-7 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;...Grafius's unflinching examination of biblical horror forces readers to reckon with the uncanny and unknowable."e; -Los Angeles Review of Books"e;The result is a wide-ranging exploration of the Bible's strangest, scariest corners."e; -Publishers Weekly"e;Grafius uses his extensive knowledge of horror films to tease out horror tropes from the Bible . . . this book is thought-provoking."e; -Library JournalYou may know the Bible as a testament of faith. But within this sacred book are also the world's first horror stories.Conventional wisdom has it that the origins of the horror genre are found in the nineteenth century, in works like Frankenstein, Dracula,and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this paradigm-shaking new book, Bible scholar and cultural historian Brandon Grafius argues that the Bible is, among other things, the world's first work of horror literature.The tropes and themes that we find in slasher movies, body horror, folk horror and zombie apocalypses were kickstarted by the Bible. BeforeGodzilla, there were the monsters arising from the sea in the book of Daniel. BeforeThe Wicker Man, there was the folk horror violence of the book of Judges. And beforeThe Fly, Leviticus and Paul understood that our bodies are untrustworthy. Sometimes, the Bible has decided that the best way to help us understand the world in new ways is to scare us.Grafius's book is a revelatory work of biblical scholarship as well as a cultural analysis of the contemporary horror genre. It is a book that will make readers revise how they see the Bible and impact how they consume horror literature and cinema. It is guaranteed to make them wiser consumers of both.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.10.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: Apostle Paul • Bible Stories • Bible study • Biblical Interpretation • Body Horror • Christian • christian growth • Christianity • Christian Spirituality • Clive Barker • cosmic horror • Cthulhu • demonic possession • fear • Godzilla • Halloween • hermeneutics • Horror Cinema • horror movies • H.P. Lovecraft • It Follows • John Carpenter • King James Bible • monsters • My Name is Legion • Nosferatu • Old Testament • queer horror • Religion • Robert Eggers • Satan • scared • scary stories • serial killer • slasher movie • spiritual growth • Stephen King • Stranger Things • Terror • The Book of Samuel • The Exorcist • the Gospel of Mark • The Witch • the Witch of Endor • They Live • Thriller • Twilight Zone • Vampire • video nasties
• ISBN-10: 1-64065-784-3 / 1640657843
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64065-784-7 / 9781640657847