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Jewish historiography and iconography in early and Medieval Christianity / Heinz Schreckenberg and Kurt Schubert ; with an introduction by David Flusser.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks N7832 .S32 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schreckenberg, Heinz.
- Series:
- Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum. Jewish traditions in early Christian literature ; Section 3, v. 2.
- Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum ; sec. 3, v.02.
- Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum ; sec. 3, v.02
- Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum. Section 3, Jewish traditions in early Christian literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Josephus, Flavius--Influence.
- Josephus, Flavius.
- Art, Early Christian.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Christian art and symbolism--Medieval.
- Jews in art.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Assen : Van Gorcum ; Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- The present volume contains two separate studies. Heinz Schreckenberg shows how successive Christian authors turned Josephus's description of the downfall of Jerusalem into a confirmation of Christian superiority. Next he demonstrates how this view of the Jewish historian and his works appears in medieval Christian illustrations.
- Contents:
- 1. Josephus in early Christian literature and medieval Christian art
- 2. Jewish pictorial traditions in early Christian art.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9023226534
- 0800625196
- OCLC:
- 26929997
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