Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-161) and index.
Introduction: 'kiss the book' -- Posterity and prosperity: Genesis in The tempest -- Historical types: Moses, David,and Henry V -- 'Within a foot of the extreme verge': The book of Job and King Lear -- True lies and false truths: Measure for measure and the Gospel -- 'Dangerous conceits' and 'Proofs of holy writ": allusion in The merchant of Venice and Paul's Letter to the Romans -- A masque of revelation: The tempest as Apocalypse