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Title |
Title of document |
17. The Bible in British Folklore - Iconic Books and Texts |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Brian Malley |
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Discipline(s) |
Religion; History |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
iconic book; religion; tradition; Bible; religious literature |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Sacred texts (HRLC) |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter surveys magical and mantic uses of the Bible as attested in British folklore reports, with an eye to developing a model of the Biblicist tradition as that tradition was received by the British laity. The evidence shows that (1) in contrast to the church’s emphasis on the Bible’s meaning, the laity exploited the Bible’s textual and artifactual properties as supernatural means to practical ends; (2) charmers made use of particular biblical texts, whereas the Bible generally was used in exorcisms, which seem to have remained the purview of clergy; (3) lay traditions about the Bible seem to have been focused on specific issues, though a general uncertainty about what powers Bibles might have is also indicated. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-May-2013 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/21421 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.21421 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Iconic Books and Texts |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |