30 Days (Biblically) Wild
- Submitting institution
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Newman University
- Unit of assessment
- 31 - Theology and Religious Studies
- Output identifier
- 52
- Type
- H - Website content
- Month
- June
- Year
- 2019
- URL
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https://bibleresearchtoday.com/?s=30+days
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- ‘30 Days (Biblically) Wild’ is a series of thirty web-based, popular, articles published on consecutive days throughout June 2019 on the Newman Research Centre for the Bible and its Reception (NRCBR) website (http://bibleresearchtoday.com), the digital platform for the NRCBR. These were published to coincide with the national ’30 Days Wild’ campaign run each year by the Wildlife Trusts.
The aim of the articles is to feature examples of flora and fauna that are not only mentioned in the Bible, but which also reside in the United Kingdom. Each article introduces the subject within its UK setting which is followed by a detailed discussion of their place within biblical literature and later post-biblical Jewish, Christian (and, where applicable, Islamic) tradition. Challenges posed by different taxonomies (antique and western-scientific), translation and textual questions, as well as details of its presence and use within the biblical world are also explored. Each article (between 1,500 and 3,000 words) is augmented with images, hyperlinks to further sources, and videos. Each post concludes with a bibliography for further reading. The final day (Day 30 – Your Turn and Field Guides to Flora and Fauna in the Bible) provides a more detailed annotated bibliography of printed and online literature as well as discussing recent research that explore themes of environmental crisis and concern from biblical and theological perspectives.
The approach taken in these articles is to attract a range of audiences. These include those from a committed background with an existing interest in the Bible and those with an interest in the natural world. The aim is to introduce both groups to biblical scholarship and to enrich their understandings of the Bible and of British flora and fauna and introduce to them to the rich cultural traditions in which they are embedded.
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- Non-English
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