The Continuing Dialogue: An Investigation Into the Artistic Afterlife of the Five Narratives Peculiar to the Fourth Gospel and an Assessment of Their Contribution to the Hermeneutics of That Gospel

Bishop, Brian Leslie (Author)/ Hoyle, David (Foreword)

ISBN 10: 1498244068 / ISBN 13: 9781498244060

Editore: Resource Publications, 2017

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• Titolo: The Continuing Dialogue: An Investigation Into the Artistic Afterlife of the Five Narratives Peculiar to the Fourth Gospel and an Assessment of Their Contribution to the Hermeneutics of That Gospel
• Editore: Resource Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1498244068
• ISBN 13: 9781498244060
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Brand New

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The I AM statements exclusive to the Fourth Gospel are seen as the attempt of the author(s) of that Gospel to present the nature and purpose of the earthly life of Jesus by engaging the imaginative faculty of the reader. Succeeding generations of artists are considered as undertaking a similar task by engaging in an imaginative dialogue with the text. There are five narratives that are peculiar to the Fourth Gospel: The Wedding at Cana, the Woman of Samaria, the Woman Taken in Adultery, the Raising of Lazarus, and the Washing of Feet. Five paintings based upon each narrative are considered in context. These are taken from the early fourteenth century (Duccio and Giotto) to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (Max Beckmann and the contemporary Icon writer, Constantina Wood). A sense of the loss experienced by the western church under the sanctions of the Protestant Reformation against visual imagery is conveyed. This leads to a suggestion that a reassertion of the role of the aesthetics of Christian worship might be a unifying factor for a generation jaded by the pedantry that divides the Christian Church.

Informazioni sull?autore

Brian Leslie Bishop is a retired British schoolteacher of English, drama, and world literature. His play for young people--Bug-eyed Loonery--was published in 1985. As well as teaching in UK schools, he has taught in Singapore, Peru, and Malta. Since retiring, he has gained a master's degree in theology (with distinction) from the University of Wales, Lampeter.