Good omens and the Bible /

Good Omens and the Bible provides a diversely rich collection of considerations of apocalypse and apocalypticism, via responses to the reception of the Bible in the landmark cultural icon that is Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Warren, Meredith J. C., Sheinfeld, Shayna, Davis, Charlotte Naylor
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Sheffield, UK : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2024.
Series:	Bible in the modern world ; 87. Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies monographs ; 8.
Subjects:	Gaiman, Neil. > Good omens. Pratchett, Terry. > Good omens. Good omens (Television program) Bible > In literature. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Apocalypse in popular culture. Apocalypse in literature. Apocalypse on television. Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Fin du monde dans la littérature. Fin du monde à la télévision.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Introduction / Meredith J.C. Warren, Clair Budd, Shayna Sheinfeld
The adaptation cycle: the intertextual links between Good Omens, The Omen, and the Bible / Sarah Milner
Food Omens: Sushi and the transformational effects of otherworldly food / Meredith J.C. Warren
The key to the locks: Good Omens' hair and the nature of good and evil / Sara Ronis
Cursing women in Good Omens and the book of Revelation / Benedict Kent
Compassion versus obedience in Good Omens and Genesis / Susan E. Haddox
God's ineffable plan versus the great plan: subverting apocalypse in 1 Enoch, the Bible and Good Omens / Steven Tuell
The impossible possibility in Good Omens and ancient Jewish ethical dualism / Krista N. Dalton
Bibliography
Index of modern authors
Index of textual references.