The passion story
Subtitle: from visual representation to social drama
By: edited by Marcia Kupfer.
Contributors: Kupfer, Marcia A.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780271033075; 9780271033433
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Passion; Passion narratives (Gospels); Christianity and art
Description: "The incidence of Passion imagery in diverse media is fundamental to the histories of Christian piety, church politics, and art in European and American societies. At the same time, the visualization and reenactment of Christ's suffering has for centuries been the principal engine generating popular perceptions of Jews and Judaism. The essays collected in this book, written by eminent scholars with an eye toward the nonspecialist reader, broadly survey the depiction and dramatization of the Passion and consider the significance of this representational focus for both Christians and Jews. This anthology provides a unique, multifaceted overview of a subject of enduring importance in today's religiously pluralistic societies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Narrative transformations, pictorial elaborations; title: Popular spectacle, mass consumption; title: Jewish perspectives.