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Article: Holy Writ as Oral Lit: the Bible as Folklore.(Book Review)
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- Christianity and Literature
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- January 1, 2004
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Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore. By Alan Dundes. Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. ISBN 0-8476-9198-5. Pp. vii + 129. $15.95 (paper).
Imaging the Early Medieval Bible. Edited by John Williams. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-271-01768-6. Pp. 227. $82.50.
The Medieval Popular Bible: Expansions of Genesis in the Middle Ages. By Brian Murdoch. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2003. ISBN 0-85991-776-2. Pp. ix + 209. $85.00.
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