An examination of the rise in prestige of the Bible as a literary and aesthetic model during the late eighteenth century.
PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1Pt. IJacob's Blessing91The stolen birthright112The presence of the past52Pt. IIThe Romantic Bible1053The Bible as novel1074The Bible and history: appropriating the Revolution1525The Bible as metatype: Jacob's ladder1806Hermeneutic and narrative: the story of self-consciousness222Epilogue264Bibliography269Index281