Massacre of the Innocents (eBook)

Studies in the Cultural Afterlife of a Gospel Scene

Warren Carter (Autor)

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2023
414 Seiten
Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-1411-3 (ISBN)

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In The Massacre of the Innocents: Studies in the Cultural Afterlife of a Gospel Scene, Warren Carter examines some fifty instances of the interpretation of the Matthean ';Massacre of the Innocents' (Matt 2:16-18). He emphasizes the agency of interpreters, who in their particular contexts and media, ';think with' the shocking Matthean scene to address the often-tragic circumstances of their audiences. He argues throughout that the structure of the Gospel scene facilitates this ';thinking with.' The scene is structured as a triad of power relations with a tyrant (Herod), victims (infants and parents), and violent means of tyranny (the massacre). Interpreters use this triad of power relations to identify tyrant/s, victims, and means of tyranny in their own situations. Carter illustrates the use of this triad of power relations across two millennia, in numerous socio-political contexts, and media as diverse as sermons, images, poems and hymns, dramas and festivals, films, novels, Christmas carols, and Children's Bibles.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Flight into Egypt • king herod • Massacre of the Innocents • matthew’s birth narrative • Matthew’s Gospel • rachel weeping • slaughter of the innocents
• ISBN-10: 1-9787-1411-4 / 1978714114
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9787-1411-3 / 9781978714113