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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136653803321

Autore

Eykel Eric M. Vanden

Titolo

"But their faces were all looking up" : author and reader in the Protevangelium of James / Eric M. Vanden Eykel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, [2016]

ISBN

9780567668011

0567668010

9780567668004

0567668002

9780567667991

0567667995

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages)

Collana

Reception of Jesus in the first three centuries ; v. 1

Disciplina

229.8

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1: The Protevangelium of James: A History of Readings -- Ch. 2: Author, Reader, and Ancient Meanings -- Ch. 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) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing



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