Making God's Word: Manuscript Production, Nature, and the Bible in The Secret of Kells and Exeter Book Riddle 26
The animated film The Secret of Kells (2009) and Exeter Book Riddle 26 (11th century) both describe the making of a Bible manuscript, a material process that assumes a particular relationship between the Bible and nature, and in both works this relationship implies a distinct theology of revelation....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Notre Dame
2021
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Religion & literature
Year: 2021, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 95-111 |
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The Secret of Kells (Film) (2009)
/ The Exeter Book
/ Bible
/ Book of nature
/ Manuscript production
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HA Bible KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NAB Fundamental theology |
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| Summary: | The animated film The Secret of Kells (2009) and Exeter Book Riddle 26 (11th century) both describe the making of a Bible manuscript, a material process that assumes a particular relationship between the Bible and nature, and in both works this relationship implies a distinct theology of revelation. The Secret of Kells demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between the Bible and the "book" of nature, suggesting that both books must be read together, if they are to be appreciated at all. While The Secret of Kells focuses on manu-script illumination, Riddle 26 describes the entire manuscript production process, from the killing and skinning of the animal to the decorating of the completed Bible. Because the materials of the Bible have already experienced violence - in a manuscript making process that alludes to the sacrificial death of Christ - the Bible is able to offer its readers reconciliation and peace, benefits described in the final part of the riddle. To see the Bible in its relation to the material world, both works suggest, is to understand the purpose and power of God's Word. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-6911 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/rel.2021.0004 |