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Joseph of Arimathea
William John Lyons
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Description for Joseph of Arimathea
Paperback. Students and scholars of biblical reception history; of new testament studies; of English/British history; of English/British literature Series: Biblical Refigurations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCG3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Joseph of Arimathea: A Study in Reception History examines the extensive and convoluted afterlives of a minor biblical character who nevertheless plays a major role in three pivotal scenes in the passion of Jesus Christ as presented by the four canonical Gospels: the request to Pilate for the body, the descent from the cross, and the burial of Jesus' corpse. Characterised in subtly different ways by each Evangelist, these sparse biblical Josephs were expanded, expounded, translated, harmonised, and extended by early literary sources and developed thematically by the artistic traditions of the Renaissance. In the Medieval Period, Joseph arrived, by ... Read more
Joseph of Arimathea: A Study in Reception History examines the extensive and convoluted afterlives of a minor biblical character who nevertheless plays a major role in three pivotal scenes in the passion of Jesus Christ as presented by the four canonical Gospels: the request to Pilate for the body, the descent from the cross, and the burial of Jesus' corpse. Characterised in subtly different ways by each Evangelist, these sparse biblical Josephs were expanded, expounded, translated, harmonised, and extended by early literary sources and developed thematically by the artistic traditions of the Renaissance. In the Medieval Period, Joseph arrived, by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Series
Biblical Refigurations
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199695928
SKU
V9780199695928
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About William John Lyons
William John Lyons is Senior lecturer in Biblical Interpretation at the University of Bristol. His publications include Canon and Exegesis: The Canonical Approach and the Sodom Narrative (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) and three co-edited volumes: New Directions in Qumran Studies(London: T&T Clark International, 2005); The Way the World Ends? The Apocalypse of John in Culture and Ideology (Sheffield: Sheffield ... Read more
Reviews for Joseph of Arimathea
A particularly fine example of biblical reception history.
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