Leland Ryken

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Leland Ryken

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According to Wikipedia, Leland Ryken is professor emeritus of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He has contributed a number of works to the study of classic literature from the Christian perspective, including editing the comprehensive volume on Christian writing on literature The Christian Imagination. He was the literary stylist for the English Standard Version of the Bible, published by Crossway Bibles in 2001. He is the author of How to Read the Bible as Literature and Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible, as well as co-editor of Ryken's Bible Handbook and the ESV Literary Study Bible . He was the literary content contributor to the ESV Study Bible, released in 2008.

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Leland Ryken's Published Works

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Dictionary of Biblical imagery (1998) (158)
Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Really Were (1986) (39)
A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible (1993) (37)
How to Read the Bible as Literature: . . . and Get More Out of It (1985) (21)
Effective Bible Teaching (1988) (17)
Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure (1995) (17)
The literature of the Bible. (1980) (16)
Contemporary Literary Theory: A Christian Appraisal (1991) (15)
Windows to the World: Literature in Christian Perspective (1985) (12)
The apocalyptic vision in Paradise lost (1970) (12)
NEW TESTAMENT LITERARY CRITICISM (1997) (10)
Milton's Biblical and Classical Imagery@@@Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible into Poetry@@@Composite Orders: The Genres of Milton's Last Poems@@@Voice and Crisis: Invocation in Milton's Poetry (1984) (7)
The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly About the Arts (2000) (6)
The discerning reader : Christian perspectives on literature and theory (1995) (6)
Liberal Arts for the Christian Life (2012) (5)
Work & Leisure in Christian Perspective (1988) (5)
The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation (2002) (5)
The Contours of Christian Criticism in 1987 (1987) (5)
Milton and Scriptural Tradition: The Bible into Poetry (1984) (4)
The Scandal of the Gospels: Jesus, Story, and Offense (1998) (4)
Language and Imagery of the Old Testament (2000) (4)
The Bible as Literature Part 4 ( of 4 parts ) : " With Many Such Parables " : The Imagination as a Means of Grace (2004) (3)
The Christian imagination : the practice of faith in literature and writing : with reflections from J. R. R. Tolkien, Frederick Buechner, Annie Dillard, George MacDonald, Francis Schaeffer & others (2005) (3)
The Christian imagination: Essays on literature and the arts (1981) (2)
A Reader's Guide Through the Wardrobe: Exploring C. S. Lewis's Classic Story (2005) (2)
Scripture as Story (2002) (2)
9. Sidney’s Leave Me, O Love Which Reachest but to Dust (1967) (1)
The Bible as Literature Part 3 ( of 4 parts ) : " I Have Used Similitudes " : The Poetry of the Bible (2004) (1)
Metaphor in the Psalms (1982) (1)
Making Sense of the Bible: Literary Type as an Approach to Understanding (2003) (1)
The Bible as Literature Part 1 ( of 4 parts ) : " Words of Delight " : The Bible as Literature (2004) (1)
Shakespeare's Macbeth (2013) (0)
On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books (2018) (0)
Homer's The Odyssey (2013) (0)
Milton and the Apocalyptic (1968) (0)
Narrative Criticism of the New Testament: An Introduction (2006) (0)
AN OVERLOOKED SCRIPTURAL PARADOX: THE PSEUDOSORITES richard d. patterson* (2010) (0)
Reading for Life (2002) (0)
Book Review: Shakespeare and the BibleShakespeare and the Bible. By MarxSteven. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-818440-9 (cloth), 0-19-818439-5 (paper). Pp. 165. $39.95 (cloth), $18.95 (paper). (2000) (0)
An introduction to Biblical imagery and motifs (1998) (0)
A Dictionary of the English Bible and Its Origins (2001) (0)
Book Review: The Biblical Presence in Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake: A Comparative StudyThe Biblical Presence in Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake: A Comparative Study. By FischHarold. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-81849-1. Pp. xi + 331. $80.00. (2000) (0)
Review: Edmund Spenser: Protestant PoetEDMUND SPENSER: PROTESTANT POET. By HumeAnthea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN 0-521-25807-3. Pp. vi + 202. $34.50. (1987) (0)
Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (2013) (0)
The Gospel of St John in Literature (1997) (0)
Book Review: The Two Poets of Paradise LostThe Two Poets of Paradise Lost. By McMahonRobert. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8071-2188-6. Pp. 210. $32.50. (1998) (0)
Shakespeare's Hamlet (2014) (0)
Preach the Word (2007) (0)
Book Review: Milton and Religious Controversy: Satire and Polemic in Paradise LostMilton and Religious Controversy: Satire and Polemic in Paradise Lost. By KingJohn N., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77198-6. Pp. xx + 227. $59.95. (2002) (0)
The literary study Bible : ESV : English Standard version, containing the Old and New Testaments (2007) (0)
"And It Came to Pass": The Bible as God's Storybook (2010) (0)
Book Review: “Scarce Truth Enough Alive”: Shakespeare's Contemporary Search for Truth and Trust“Scarce Truth Enough Alive”: Shakespeare's Contemporary Search for Truth and Trust. By JamesMax H., Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 0-8059-3701-3. Pp. xiii + 204. $20.00. (1995) (0)
David V. Urban, Religions in Shakespeare's Writings (2021) (0)
Book Review: Introducing Biblical Literature (1979) (0)
Visiting Christian Scholars Program: Dr. Leland Ryken (2012) (0)
18-BookReviews JETS 42.3 (2004) (0)
Milton's Paradise Lost (2013) (0)
Book Review: Shakespeare's Labored Art: Stir, Work, and the Late PlaysShakespeare's Labored Art: Stir, Work, and the Late Plays. By HuntMaurice. New York: Peter Lang, 1995. ISBN 0-8204-2737-3. Pp. x + 311. $58.95. (1996) (0)
A book for all ages: the universality of Biblical imagery (1998) (0)
Book Review: Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary ShelleyReading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary Shelley. By AcostaAna M., Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2006. ISBN 0-7546-5613-6. Pp. 207. $99.95. (2008) (0)
Book Review: Milton and the Preaching ArtsMilton and the Preaching Arts. By LaresJameela. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8207-0318-4. Pp. xv + 352. $58.00. (2001) (0)
Happy Rural Seat: Book 4 of Paradise Lost (2015) (0)
Book Review: The Miltonic MomentThe Miltonic Moment. By EvansJ. Martin. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1998. ISBN 0-8131-2060-8. Pp. xi + 175. $32.95. (1999) (0)
Book Review: Milton Studies. Riven Unities: Authority and Experience, Self and other in Milton's PoetryMilton Studies. Riven Unities: Authority and Experience, Self and Other in Milton's Poetry. Edited by FurmanWendy, GoseChristopher, and ShullenbergerWilliam. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Pr (1993) (0)
Augustine's Confessions (2015) (0)
The Christian Student's Calling (2010) (0)
Book Review: The Cambridge Companion to MiltonThe Cambridge Companion to Milton. Edited by DanielsonDennis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-521-33402-0 (cloth), 0-521-36885-5 (paper). Pp. xi + 297. $42.50 (cloth), $12.95 (paper). (1990) (0)
In Search of a Christian Work Ethic for the Corporate Worker (2004) (0)
Resuscitating Paideia: Reading Literature for Wisdom (2015) (0)
Book Review: The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English LiteratureThe Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature. Edited by LemonRebecca, MasonEmma, RobertsJonathan, and RowlandChristopher. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4051-3160-5. Pp. x + 703. $199 (2011) (0)
The Bible as Literature Part 2 ( of 4 parts ) : " And It Came to Pass " : The Bible as God ' s Storybook Leland Ryken (2004) (0)
Analyzing the Story of Abraham: Biblical Scholarship or Literary Criticism?: (1975) (0)

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Wheaton College