Quest for the Fictional Jesus

Gospel Rewrites, Gospel (Re)Interpretation, and Christological Portraits within Jesus Novels

Margaret E. Ramey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

226 Seiten

2017
Lutterworth Press (Verlag)
978-0-7188-9488-7 (ISBN)

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An exploration of fictional portrayals of Jesus and how their study can offer new approaches to the interpretation of the canonical Gospels.

For almost two millennia, Jesus' story has been retold in various forms and fashions but in the last century a new way of reimagining the man from Galilee has sprung up in the form of novels about the life ofJesus. While the novels themselves are as varied as their authors, this work aims to introduce readers to some common literary strategies and theological agendas found in this phenomenon by surveying a few prominent examples. It also explores the question of what happens when we examine the intertextual play between these reimaginings and their Gospel progenitors as we allow these contemporary novels to pose new questions to their ancient counterparts. An intriguing hermeneutical circle ensues as we embark on our quest for the fictional Jesus and accompany his incarnations as they lead us back to re-examine the canonical portraits of Jesus anew.

Margaret E. Ramey is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Jesus and Jesus Stories

Part I: From Jesus to Jesus Texts
1 Prolegomenon to Fictionalizing Jesus

Part II: From the New Testament to New Texts
2 Anne Rice's Out Of Egypt as A Complementing Rewrite
3 Neil Boyd's The Hidden Years as A Complementing Rewrite
4 Nino Ricci's Testament as A Competing Rewrite
5 José Saramago's The Gospel According To Jesus Christ as a Competing Rewrite

Part III: From New Texts back to the New Testament
6 The Temptation: From Gospel Sources to Gospel Rewrites
7 A Preposterous Reading of the Temptation and Its Narrative Role in Matthew's Gospel

Conclusion
Works Consulted

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2017
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	342 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7188-9488-X / 071889488X
ISBN-13	978-0-7188-9488-7 / 9780718894887
Zustand	Neuware