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"But Their Faces Were All Looking Up": Author and Reader in the Protevangelium of James (The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries)
Eric M. Vanden Eykel
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Hardcover. Series: The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
This study of the Protevangelium of James explores the interrelationship of authors, readers, texts, and meaning. Its central aim is to better understand how the process of repetition gave rise to the narratives of the early Christian movement, and how that process continued to fuel the creativity and imagination of future generations. Divided into three parts, Vanden Eykel addresses first specific episodes in the life of the Virgin, consisting of Mary's childhood in the Jerusalem temple (PJ 7-9), her spinning thread for the temple veil (PJ 10-12), and Jesus' birth in a cave outside Bethlehem (PJ 17-20). ... Read more
This study of the Protevangelium of James explores the interrelationship of authors, readers, texts, and meaning. Its central aim is to better understand how the process of repetition gave rise to the narratives of the early Christian movement, and how that process continued to fuel the creativity and imagination of future generations. Divided into three parts, Vanden Eykel addresses first specific episodes in the life of the Virgin, consisting of Mary's childhood in the Jerusalem temple (PJ 7-9), her spinning thread for the temple veil (PJ 10-12), and Jesus' birth in a cave outside Bethlehem (PJ 17-20). ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780567667984
SKU
V9780567667984
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About Eric M. Vanden Eykel
Eric M. Vanden Eykel is Assistant Professor of Religion at Ferrum College, USA.
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