Between interpretation and imagination : C.S. Lewis and the Bible / Leslie Baynes.

Author/creator Baynes, Leslie author.
Format Book
PublicationGrand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionviii, 367 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
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Cover title Between interpretation & imagination
Contents Lewis's life with scripture : a brief biography. -- Earliest engagements : 1898-1932 -- Reading about scripture : the 1930s -- Writing about scripture : 1932-1949 -- Fruition : 1950-1963 -- Case studies and controversies : Lewis the "bonny fighter." -- "We are not fundamentalists" : Lewis among the Evangelicals -- Myth as fact or fiction? : Lewis vs. Bultmann -- "I am no higher critic" : Lewis among the biblical scholars -- Liar, lunatic, or Lord? : Lewis's use of scripture in his argument for the divinity of Christ -- Beyond allegory : the subtle use of scripture in the Chronicles of Narnia. -- Allegory or otherwise? -- The Magician's nephew -- The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe -- The horse and his boy -- Prince Caspian -- The voyage of the "Dawn treader" -- The silver chair -- The last battle -- Past watchful dragons -- Appendix. Scriptual allusions in the Chronicles of Narnia.
Abstract "A study of C. S. Lewis's writings on the Bible, seen within their intellectual, social, and personal contexts"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographic references (pages 323-346) and indexes.
LCCN 2024026124
ISBN9780802874009
ISBN0802874002 (hardcover)
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