The Bible for Children: From the Age of Gutenberg to the Present

Sophisticated overview of Biblical publishing for young people. Contents: Children's Bibles in Context: Devotional and Religious Literature for Children Early Models for Children's Bibles: Peter Comestor and the Historia Scholastica and Martin Luther and the Passional The Bible for Children in Europe and America: Germany, France, England, the United States, Switzerland, South of the Alps and the Pyrenees, Russia The Character of God Parents and Children: Abraham and Isaac, David and Absalom, Lot and His Daughters The Injunction to Work: Children's Bibles and Class Difference The Demon Drink: Noah after the Ark Sex and the Fathers: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, David and Bathsheba, the Rape of Dinah, the Rape and Murder of the Levite's Wife Philogyny, Misogyny, and Erasure: Jael and Sisera The Tower of Babel The Miraculous: Parting the Red Sea and Changing Water into Wine The Crucifixion Falls from Grace: Adam and Eve in the Garden and Returns to the Canon