Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus? (eBook)

Investigating the Unrecognisability and Metamorphosis of Jesus in his Post-Resurrection Appearances

Max Whitaker (Autor)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
307 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-156078-1 (ISBN)

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In this study, Max Whitaker investigates the intriguing accounts of Jesus' resurrection appearances through the lens of Greco-Roman narratives. In both canonical and apocryphal accounts of Jesus' post-resurrection appearances, Jesus appears in an unrecognisable form to other characters, including people who knew him well just before his death. The motif of a character appearing in an unrecognisable form to people he or she knows well is one which exists in folk literature, and in Greco-Roman and Jewish literature from a range of genres. The author investigates a range of stories in which characters appear in an unrecognisable or metamorphic form, and summarises patterns and themes. This throws new light on how Jesus' post-resurrection stories would have been understood by their original audiences.

Born 1975; 1995 BSc, 1997 MSc in mathematics from Waikato University; 1997-2005 working as statistician and computer programmer; 2009 BTheol from Otago University; 2016 PhD from Otago University; currently Priest in the parish of North Dunedin, in the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• ISBN-10: 3-16-156078-7 / 3161560787
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-156078-1 / 9783161560781