by Gianfranco Ravasi · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788804403104
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«Il racconto del cielo» is Gianfranco Ravasi's essay on the Old Testament, published by A. Mondadori in hardback (317 pages, in Italian).
A journey through the Old Testament in which Gianfranco Ravasi presents episodes, figures and ideas from the biblical text and analyses its theological and literary scope. The author also shows how these narratives have inspired painting, music, film, novels, poems and essays, and how they continue to nourish Western culture.
Subtitled «Le storie, le idee, i personaggi dell'Antico Testamento», it is the first edition of 1995 and includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310) and an index.
For readers interested in the Bible and in the dialogue between faith, art and culture, as well as in the work of Gianfranco Ravasi.
Gianfranco Ravasi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President of the Pontifical Council for Culture from 2007 to 2022. He headed Milan's Ambrosian Library from 1989 to 2007.
