LEADER 03256nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910819863803321 005 20240513023221.0 010 $a1-282-86875-6 010 $a9786612868757 010 $a0-567-61379-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055801 035 $a(EBL)601694 035 $a(OCoLC)676698508 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424035 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267404 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424035 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10486153 035 $a(PQKB)10476199 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL601694 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10427192 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286875 035 $a(OCoLC)893335128 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055801 100 $a20091223d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNew perspectives on the Nativity /$fedited by Jeremy Corley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cT & T Clark International$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-31200-3 311 $a0-567-62904-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aThe 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 676 $a232.92 701 $aCorley$b Jeremy$0920852 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819863803321 996 $aNew perspectives on the Nativity$94019205 997 $aUNINA