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The Panther: Posthumous Poems
James Whitehead
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Description for The Panther: Posthumous Poems
Hardcover. Through a series of dramatic monologues, the fourteen poems gathered here give life to the Jewish-apocryphal legend of "Jesus, son of Pantera" - the story that Jesus was sired by a Roman soldier. In his introduction to the collection, a Biblical scholar recounts the Scriptural, apocryphal, and archaeological evidence upon which the story is based. Editor(s): Burns, Michael. Num Pages: 57 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 177.
Through a series of dramatic monologues (spoken by Mary, the Angel Gabriel, Paul of Tarsus, and the 'Sidonian archer', Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera), the fourteen poems gathered here give life to the Jewish-apocryphal legend of ""Jesus, son of Pantera"" - the story that Jesus was sired by a Roman soldier. Having learned of a tomb (unearthed in Germany) bearing the soldier's name, Whitehead spent the last years of his life researching and writing about this fascinating, controversial tradition. In his introduction to the collection, renowned Biblical scholar James Tabor recounts the Scriptural, apocryphal, and archaeological evidence upon which the story ... Read more
Through a series of dramatic monologues (spoken by Mary, the Angel Gabriel, Paul of Tarsus, and the 'Sidonian archer', Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera), the fourteen poems gathered here give life to the Jewish-apocryphal legend of ""Jesus, son of Pantera"" - the story that Jesus was sired by a Roman soldier. Having learned of a tomb (unearthed in Germany) bearing the soldier's name, Whitehead spent the last years of his life researching and writing about this fascinating, controversial tradition. In his introduction to the collection, renowned Biblical scholar James Tabor recounts the Scriptural, apocryphal, and archaeological evidence upon which the story ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Moon City Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
57
Place of Publication
Springfield, United States
ISBN
9780913785126
SKU
V9780913785126
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About James Whitehead
Michael Burns is emeritus professor of English at Missouri State University, where he taught creative writing, and the author of a number of books, including the poetry collection, It Will Be All Right in the Morning (University of Arkansas Press). James Tabor is chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the ... Read more
Reviews for The Panther: Posthumous Poems
I'm deeply moved that my own historical Quest and the poetic Quest of James Whitehead were so closely intertwined, even though they never intersected in time.... I hope that, through this beautiful book, the vision we shared can spread further. For as Whitehead's Gabriel puts it to Panthera, 'Your son in Galilee is magical!' Surely he remains so to this ... Read more