Bible and its Rewritings - Boitani, Piero (Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Rome 'La Sapienza')

"Re-Scriptures" means rewritings of Scriptures of the Bible. The author discusses how some of the most fascinating scenes of the Old and New Testament are directly or indirectly rewritten in works ranging from the medieval period to the late 20th-century, including Shakespeare and Kafka.