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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785361503321

Titolo

New perspectives on the Nativity [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jeremy Corley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2009

ISBN

1-282-86875-6

9786612868757

0-567-61379-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CorleyJeremy

Disciplina

232.92

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Infancy Stories of the Gospels since Raymond E. Brown; Chapter 2: Luke's Nativity Story: A Narrative Reading; Chapter 3: Prophetic Voices of Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna in Luke 1-2; Chapter 4: Zechariah's "Benedictus" (Luke 1:68-79): A New Look at a Familiar Text; Chapter 5: The Significance of the Inn for Luke's Infancy Narrative; Chapter 6: Matthew 1-2 and Roman Political Power; Chapter 7: Making Sense of the Matthean Genealogy: Matthew 1:17 and the Theology of History

Chapter 8: Matthew's Nativity Stories: Historical and Theological Questions for Today's ReadersChapter 9: The Magi Story through the Eyes of Pasolini: A Bakhtinian Reading; Chapter 10: The Nativity in Recent British Poetry; Chapter 11: The Muslim Mary; Chapter 12: Losing Mystery in History: The Challenge of Recalling the Nativity; Appendix: Resemblances between Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2; Dictionary of Technical Terms, Significant Persons, and Ancient Texts; Bibliography of Studies on the Nativity, 1990-2009; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The infancy narratives represent some of the most beautiful and intriguing passages in the Gospels. The stories they relate are also arguably the most well-known in the Christian tradition, from the child in the manger to the Magi paying homage to the infant Jesus. However there have been relatively few attempts to consider the stories of the



Nativity from modern academic perspectives, examining them from feminist perspectives, poltical standpoints, in cinematic representations as well as more standard but up-to-date academic approaches. New Perspectives on the Nativity attempts to redress thi