Christ Child : Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus / Stephen J. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Stephen J., Author.

Series:

Synkrisis.

Synkrisis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Childhood and youth.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 417 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Little is known about the early childhood of Jesus Christ. But in the decades after his death, stories began circulating about his origins. How would early readers have made sense of this young Jesus? In this highly innovative book, Stephen Davis draws on current theories about how human communities construe the past to answer this question. He explores how ancient readers would have used texts, images, places, and other key reference points from their own social world to understand the Christ child's curious actions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus

2. Texts and Readers

3. Bird-Watching

4. Cursing

5. Learning Letters

6. Jews and Christians

7. Muslims and Christians

Epilogue: Reimagining a Young Jesus

Appendix A: The Greek Paidika

Appendix B: The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy, Chapters 36- 53

Appendix C: Jesus and the Birds in St. Martin's Church, Zillis, Switzerland

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Editions, Collections, Objects, and Translations

Secondary Literature

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300206609

0300206607

OCLC:

882258680