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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Timo EskolaPublisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9781498259255ISBN 10: 1498259251 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 09 September 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsNot since Theodore Ziolkowski's Fictional Transfiguration of Jesus have Jesus novels been subjected to such a searching critique. Eskola emphasizes contrasting, revisionist, even atheist fictional gospels centered on Judas, Mary Magdalene, or a human, fallible Jesus. He takes us in the opposite direction of Ziolkowski's heroes and humane moral exemplars towards contemporary fictions that displace Jesus from the center of his own story, or depict him as a deluded victim of a monstrous torturer God. -Suzanne Keen Thomas Broadus Professor of English Washington and Lee University Timo Eskola provides a provocative examination of contemporary Jesus novels, arguing that they not only reinterpret but also frequently pervert traditional notions of Jesus. He marshals an impressive knowledge of literary adaptations of the Gospels, present-day literary theories, and theology. His insightful analysis of the Nietzschean roots of Jesus novels as well as their submerged anti-Judaism will invite discussion and debate about the nature of God and faith. -Heta Pyrhonen Professor University of Helsinki Author InformationTimo Eskola is Privatdozent of New Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, and a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at University of Helsinki. He is the author of Theodicy and Predestination in Pauline Soteriology (1998) and Messiah and the Throne (2001). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |