The Biblical Covenant in Shakespeare

• Main Author: Kietzman, Mary Jo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Literature, Modern.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Theater-History.; Shakespeare.; Theatre History.

The theo-political idea of covenant-a sacred binding agreement-formalizes relationships and inaugurates politics in the Hebrew Bible, and it was the most significant revolutionary idea to come out of the Protestant Reformation. Central to sixteenth-century theology, covenant became the cornerstone o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Abraham's Ordeal and Historical Change: From Sacrifice to Ethics
• 3.The Merchant of Venice: Shylock and Covenantal Interplay
• 4. Hamlet, Judge of Denmark, in a "Time. . .Out of Joint"
• 5.Falstaff, Prophet of Covenant in The Henriad
• 6.Tragic Monarchy: Saul and Macbeth
• 7. Epilogue: Shakespeare and Milton Grapple with Kings.