Intertextuality Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture

Frank G. Bosman is Assistant Professor of Cultural Theology at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté is an Independent New Testament exegete, Spain.Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen is Professor of Old Testament at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

• Introduction - THE COMMUNICATION-DYNAMICS OF INTERTEXTUALITY: A Liber Amicarum et Amicorum for Caroline Vander Stichele, Frank G. Bosman & Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté & Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen1 - THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA AND MODERN ILLUSTRATED TRANSLATIONS: Graphic Artists as Beholders of the Text, Pancratius C. Beentjes2 - WE ARE LEGION: An Intertextual Analysis of “Legion” and “A House Divided” in the Mass Effect Game Series, Frank G. Bosman3 - GENRE, ALLUSIONISM, AND A BLACK CHRIST-FIGURE IN THE BOOK OF CLARENCE, Laura T. Copier4 - ON THE MOUNTAINS OF SPICE: Imaginary Landscapes in Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain and in the Song of Songs, Dries J. L. A. De Crom5 - MULTIPLE DOGS: The Power of the Dog and Psalm 22:20, Jan Willem van Henten6 - MOSES ACCORDING TO JOHANNES WICKERT OR THE NAME OF GOD REVISITED, Bart J. Koet7 - “LET US MAKE BIODIVERSITY IN OUR IMAGE”: The Dutch Prayer Day for Crops and Labour Revised in the Light of the Climate Crisis, Deborah C. de Koning8 - CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE AS A HEURISTIC DEVICE FOR UNDERSTANDING VARIANT READINGS IN NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS: Mark 9:11–13 as a Test Case, Hans H.M. Lammers9 - THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF JESUS AND ITS IMPORTANCE, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte10 - GENESIS 1:1–2:3 AND CAROLINE STREET’S CREATION SIXTH DAY LAND CREATURES AND MAN: The Intertextuality between Both ‘Texts’ from a Communication Perspective, Cornelia J. M. Melisse11 - IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED THEM: Divine Presence through Light, Colour, and Likeness in Two Medieval Works of Art, Esther M. Mulders12 - THE SIXTH SENSE AND THE BIBLE: Reality, Awareness, and a Child, Jeremy Punt13 - THE AXE LAID TO THE ROOT: A Biblical Expression and Its Reception in Early Christianity, Riemer Roukema14 - ENIGMATIC MYSTERY AND HIEROGLYPHIC ALCHEMY: An Exploration of the Sculptures on Sodom and Gomorrah by Yehuda Levy-Aldema, Susanne Scholz15 - LUKE 1:5–80 AND JIM JANKNEGT’S PAINTING THE VISITATION: An Intertextual Communication Analysis, Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté16 - LUKE 10:25–37 AND CONSTANT’S LA SAMARITAINE: A Communication-Oriented Analysis, M. Fleur Vroege-Crijns17 - GENESIS 22:1–19 AND ALAN FALK’S THE BINDING OF ISAAC: An Intertextual Communication Analysis, Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen18 - THE COSMIC JOHANNINE JESUS AND SCIENCE-FICTION SPACE-TRAVELLING MESSIAHS, Ruben J. van WingerdenABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Caroline Vander Stichele’s research has focused on the impact of the Bible on Western Culture. I recommend the Festschrift to her honor for two reasons. Firstly, its contributors develop a concept and method of intertextuality in a broad sense, not between texts in the Bible, but between Biblical texts and 20th century expressions of art, such as paintings, performances, films, songs and digital games. And secondly, their contributions convincingly show that the Bible still has a many-sided impact on contemporary art and culture.