Following is the books list I'll be using this year to teach the inaugural course on Symbolism at our new college.
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery General Editors: Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit & Tremper Longman III
On Christian Teaching by Augustine (selections)
Cratylus by Plato
Signs and Mysteries Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols by Mike Aquilina
Genesis
Through New Eyes by James Jordan
The Elizabethan World Picture by E. M. W. Tillyard
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C. S. Lewis
Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees by Ernst and Johanna Lehner
Dictionary of Symbolism by Hans Beidermann
The Book of Beasts by T.H. White
The Theology of Arithmetic translated by Robin Waterfield
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
War in Heaven by Charles Williams
Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves by Edmund Spenser, ed Roy Maynard
Pieter Bruegel: 1525/30-1569 (masters of Netherlandish Art) by HF Ullman
Alchemy: The Great Secret by Andrea Aromatico
Heraldry: An Introduction to a Noble Tradition by Michel Pastoureau
Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert Poems
Showing posts with label Lilith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lilith. Show all posts
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Occurrences of Lilith, Part II
The Lilith Relief (Sumerian Terra-Cotta Relief, circa 2000 BC)
The Talmud (as a female night demon, circa 400)
The Nippur Bowls (Babylonian Incantation Bowls; 26 of the 40 excavated bowls mention Lilith)
The Alphabet of Ben Sira (circa 800)
Book of Raziel (circa 1100)
The Zohar (circa 1200)
Hebrew Amuletic Tradition (circa 900-1800)
The Talmud (as a female night demon, circa 400)
The Nippur Bowls (Babylonian Incantation Bowls; 26 of the 40 excavated bowls mention Lilith)
The Alphabet of Ben Sira (circa 800)
Book of Raziel (circa 1100)
The Zohar (circa 1200)
Hebrew Amuletic Tradition (circa 900-1800)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Occurrences of Lilith, Part I
White Witch in Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis
Lilith by George MacDonald
The Snow Queen by H.C. Andersen
Lily in Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams
Lamia in The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Obizuth in the Testament of Solomon (c. 200 BC)
Lilith in Gilgamesh and the Huluppu-Tree (c. 2000 BC)
“Lady Lilith” painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
“Lamia” by John Keats
Snake Witch in Paradise Lost by John Milton
Faust by Goethe
Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw
From Lilith to Lilith Fair where “Lilith is defined in modern culture: the first strong, independent woman, a true feminist heroine”
Lilith by George MacDonald
The Snow Queen by H.C. Andersen
Lily in Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams
Lamia in The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Obizuth in the Testament of Solomon (c. 200 BC)
Lilith in Gilgamesh and the Huluppu-Tree (c. 2000 BC)
“Lady Lilith” painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
“Lamia” by John Keats
Snake Witch in Paradise Lost by John Milton
Faust by Goethe
Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw
From Lilith to Lilith Fair where “Lilith is defined in modern culture: the first strong, independent woman, a true feminist heroine”
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