Few documents in world history can match the inspirational impact of
the New Testament. For all its variety - gospels, letters and visions
- this firstcentury collection of texts keeps always at its centre the
enigmatic figure of Joshua/Jesus: the Jewish prophet who gathered a
group around him, proclaimed the imminent end of the world, but was
made captive by the authorities of Rome only to suffer a shameful
criminal's death on a cross. When his followers (including former
persecutor Saul/Paul) became convinced that Jesus had defeated
extinction, and had risen again to fresh life, the movement crossed
over from Palestine to ignite the entire Greco-Roman Mediterranean
world. The author shows how the writings of this vibrant new faith
came into being from oral transmission and then became the pillar of a
great world religion. He explores their many varied usages in music,
liturgy, art, language and literature. In discussing its textual
origins, as well as its later reception, Moxnes shows above all how
the New Testament has been employed both as a tool for liberation and
as a means of power and control.
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ISBN
9780857735522
Publisert
2018
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1. utgave
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Vendor
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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