If you’ve wanted a copy of Nightmares with the Bible but the cost is a little dear, I might recommend you look on the Reading Religion website where, as of my last look, a free review copy is available. The catch is you have to write a review. This is, of course, first come, first served service. I tried, more than once, to get Holy Horror listed on their website for review, so I’m glad to see one of my books finally made it. The idea of the horror hermeneutic seems to be catching on. Technically speaking, however, what I’m doing is more history of religions than hermeneutics. History of religions, at least part of it, examines whence ideas arise. Nightmares asks that question specifically about demons.
The specific focus on horror in religion is a fairly new field of study. Biblical scholars—indeed, those who specialize in very old fields…
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