But Their Faces Were All Looking Up - Author and Reader in the Protevangelium of James

Informationen zum Autor Eric M. Vanden Eykel is Assistant Professor of Religion at Ferrum College! USA. Combining historical-critical, literary and theological perspectives, Vanden Eykel shows how the dynamic of the process of repetition gave rise to the creation of early Christian narrative. Zusammenfassung 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). The three episodes present a uniform picture of how the reader's discernment of intertexts can generate new layers of meaning, and that these layers may reveal new aspects of the author's meaning, some of which the author may not have anticipated. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionCh. 1: The Protevangelium of James: A History of ReadingsCh. 2: Author, Reader, and Ancient MeaningsCh. 3: The Temple in the Temple (PJ 7-9)Ch. 4: The Virgin, The Spinner (PJ 10-12)Ch. 5: The Cave and the Cross (PJ 17-20)ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Eric M. Vanden Eykel, Eric M. Vanden (Ferrum College Eykel, Eykel Eric M. Vanden, Eric M. Vanden Eykel
• Assisted by: Helen Bond (Editor), Chris Keith (Editor), Jens Schroeter (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2016
• EAN: 9780567667984
• ISBN: 978-0-567-66798-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries; Criminal Practice Series; Reception of Jesus in the Firs; The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics