Bibliography
Avenue of Mysteries, John Irving, 2015, Simon & Schuster, United States.
Silence, Shusaku Endo, originally published in 1969. I own the version translated by William Johnston, with an updated foreword, 2016, Picador Publishing, New York, NY, USA.
The Edge of the World, Michael Pye, 2015, United States
In the context of this collection, I refer especially to his essay on the Venerable Bede and the history of the book, contained within this text.
God: A Human History, Reza Aslan, 2017, United States
The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene, 1940, United States
Far More Precious than Jewels: Perspectives on Biblical Women, Katheryn Darr, 1991, Louisville, Kentucky
Sacrifice in Greek and Roman Religions and in Early Judaism, Royden Keith Yerkes, 1952
The Face of Jesus, Edward Lucie-Smith, 2011, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Book of Bibles, Stephan Füssel, Andreas Fingernagel, Christian Gastgeber, 2016, United States
Change in Medieval Society, Sylvia L. Thrupp, 1964, Pearson, New Jersey, USA
The Lais of Marie de France, Marie de France, translated by Joan Ferrante and Robert Hanning, 1978, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The most prized book of this collection, as Marie’s voice comes through in her poetry (which feature Christian and Arthurian myths), giving her a charming, intimate and contemporary edge in the often inaccessible world of medieval poetry. Among all these books, it is Marie for whom I myself have the most love.
A Terrace in Rome, Pascal Quignard, 2016, Australia
An unusual story and an unusual book, which I picked up at the Brooklyn Independent Book Fair in 2016 on a whim. It explores well a blend of visual arts, eroticism, and doubt in faith, in a concise and compelling text.
Pontius Pilate: The Biography of An Invented Man, Ann Wroe, 1999, United States
A Handbook for William, by Dhuodha, translated by Carol Neel. 1991.
Far More Precious than Jewels: Perspectives on Biblical Women, Katheryn Darr, 1991, Louisville, Kentucky
Sacrifice in Greek and Roman Religions and in Early Judaism, Royden Keith Yerkes, 1952
The Decameron, Giovanni Bocaccio, 1353, Penguin Classics
City of God, Saint Augustine, translated by Gerald G. Walsh, 1958, The Crown Publishing Group
Consuming Religion, Kathryn Lofton, 2017, the University of Chicago Press
Angels and Demons in Art, Rosa Giorgi, 2005, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Why on Earth Did Anyone Become A Christian In the First Three Centuries?, Larry Hurtado, 2016, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Strong As Death Is Love, Robert Alter, 2015, United States
Augustine’s Confessions, Saint Augustine, translation by Henry Chadwick, published by the Oxford University Press in New York, USA, 2009
The Inferno, Dante Alighieri, translation by Robert Hollander, 2002, New York, United States
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders, 2017, Random House, United States