Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism, and Bach's St. John Passion: With an Annotated Literal Translation of the Libretto
"The most important and lasting item to have emerged from this Passion season...may turn out to be a little book of great complexity by Michael Marissen....[It] provides a model of how to deal with a piece of music grown controversial: not through avoidance, not through bowdlerization, but by supplying the richest and most provocative context in which to understand and interpret the work."--James R. Oestriech,The New York Times"An excellent interpretive essay....Marissen provides valuable historical and theological context for both the text and the music."--Choice"A remarkable book and unusually even-handed treatment of a difficult topic."--E. Ann Matter,University of Pennsylvania