Christ Child - Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus

Little is known about the early childhood of Jesus Christ. But in the decades after his death, stories began circulating about his origins. How would early readers have made sense of this young Jesus? This book draws on theories about how human communities construe the past to answer this question.

About the author

Stephen J. Davis is professor of religious studies, executive director of the Yale Monastic Archaeology Project, and master of Pierson College at Yale University.

Summary

Little is known about the early childhood of Jesus Christ. But in the decades after his death, stories began circulating about his origins. How would early readers have made sense of this young Jesus? This book draws on theories about how human communities construe the past to answer this question.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Davis, Stephen J. Davis
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2014
• EAN: 9780300149456
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14945-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Synkrisis; Synkrisis
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity