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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790804603321

Autore

Hazard Mark <1948->

Titolo

The literal sense and the Gospel of John in late-medieval commentary and literature / / Mark Hazard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-71952-0

1-138-86862-0

1-315-02405-5

1-136-71945-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval history and culture ; ; Volume 12

Studies in medieval history and culture ; ; v. 12

Disciplina

220.60902

Soggetti

Christian poetry, English (Middle) - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2002 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Note on Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Nicholas of Lyra and the Narrative of John's Gospel; The Gospel's Visionary Basis; The Narrative Quality of the Gospels; John's Visionary Authority; Methods; Gospel Structure and Literal Meaning; Circumstances: the Wedding at Cana; Psychology and the Literal: the Samaritan Woman; Narrative Control and History; The Logic of Narrative Incident: the Woman Taken in Adultery; Miracles and Divine Rhetoric: Lazarus

Structure, History, and the Teaching Purpose of Christ: the Pool at BethesdaIncarnate Meaning and the Legend of the Cross; The Meaning of Christ's Weakness; Chapter Three: The Cursor Mundi, Narrative, and Sacred History; Religious Purpose and Esthetic Pleasure; Narrative and the History of the Universe; Peter Comestor, Eden, and the Tree of Life; The Vision of the Wands; Allegories; The Legend of the Cross; The Infancy Miracles and the Harshness of the Visible Presence; The Ministry of Christ, the Gospel of John, and Herman of Valenciennes; The Passion and Self-Revelation

Judas and the Prophesying ChickenChapter Four: The Four Daughters of



God, the Last Judgment, and the Scope of the Real; The Last Judgment and Literalism; The Four Daughters of God and Wisdom Literature; The 'Meditationes vitae Christi' and Apocrypha; The English Mystery Cycles and the Gospel of John; The Towneley Last Judgment; The Mixed Mode of 'Piers Plowman'; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.