Overview

No story is more central to Western culture than the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, and none better demonstrates the power of representation in shaping religious faith and practice. The incidence of Passion imagery in diverse media is fundamental to the histories of Christian piety, church politics, and art in European and American societies. At the same time, the visualization and reenactment of Christ's suffering has for centuries been the principal engine generating popular perceptions of Jews and Judaism. The provocative essays collected here, written by eminent scholars with an eye toward the nonspecialist reader, broadly survey the depiction and dramatization of the Passion and consider the significance of this representational focus for both Christians and Jews. This anthology provides a unique, multifaceted overview of a subject of enduring importance in today's religiously pluralistic societies.Contributors include Robin Blaetz, Stephen Campbell, Jody Enders, Christopher Fuller, James Marrow, Walter Melion, David Morgan, David Nirenberg, Adele Reinhartz, Miri Rubin, Lisa Saltzman, and Marc Saperstein.

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Author:   Marcia Kupfer (independent scholar)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.193kg
ISBN:  

9780271033075

ISBN 10:   027103307
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   03 October 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroductionMarcia KupferPart One: Narrative Transformations, Pictorial Elaborations1. Inventing the Passion in the Late Middle AgesJames H. Marrow2. The Passion of Mary: The Virgin and the Jews in Medieval CultureMiri Rubin3. The Conflicted Representation of Judaism in Italian Renaissance Images of Christ's Life and PassionStephen J. Campbell4. Ex libera meditatione: Visualizing the Sacrificial Christ in Jeronimo Nadal's Annotations and Meditations on the GospelsWalter S. MelionPart Two: Popular Spectacle, Mass Consumption5. Coups de Theatre and the Passion for VengeanceJody Enders6. Images of the Passion and the History of Protestant Visual Piety in AmericaDavid Morgan7. Realizing the Passion on ScreenRobin Blaetz8. Jesus of HollywoodAdele Reinhartz9. Two Thousand Years of Storytelling About Jesus: How Faithful Is Pasolini's Gospel to Matthew's Gospel?Christopher FullerPart Three: Jewish Perspectives10. Jewish Responses to the Passion NarrativesMarc Saperstein11. Barnett Newman's PassionLisa SaltzmanEpilogue: A Brief History of Jewish EnmityDavid NirenbergNotesIndex

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Marcia Kupfer has assembled an impressive group of world-class scholars, writing across the spectrum of media, periods, and methodologies. This very readable collection of essays offers a rich investigation of a perpetually timely topic. The essays on film, in particular, break new ground. - Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania

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Marcia Kupfer is an independent scholar. She is the author of The Art of Healing: Painting for the Sick and the Sinner in a Medieval Town (Penn State, 2003) and Romanesque Wall Painting in Central France: The Politics of Narrative (1993).

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