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Author:   Marcia Kupfer (independent scholar)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.193kg
ISBN:  

9780271033075

ISBN 10:   027103307
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   03 October 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Marcia Kupfer Part One: Narrative Transformations, Pictorial Elaborations 1. Inventing the Passion in the Late Middle Ages James H. Marrow 2. The Passion of Mary: The Virgin and the Jews in Medieval Culture Miri Rubin 3. The Conflicted Representation of Judaism in Italian Renaissance Images of Christ's Life and Passion Stephen J. Campbell 4. Ex libera meditatione: Visualizing the Sacrificial Christ in Jeronimo Nadal's Annotations and Meditations on the Gospels Walter S. Melion Part Two: Popular Spectacle, Mass Consumption 5. Coups de Theatre and the Passion for Vengeance Jody Enders 6. Images of the Passion and the History of Protestant Visual Piety in America David Morgan 7. Realizing the Passion on Screen Robin Blaetz 8. Jesus of Hollywood Adele Reinhartz 9. Two Thousand Years of Storytelling About Jesus: How Faithful Is Pasolini's Gospel to Matthew's Gospel? Christopher Fuller Part Three: Jewish Perspectives 10. Jewish Responses to the Passion Narratives Marc Saperstein 11. Barnett Newman's Passion Lisa Saltzman Epilogue: A Brief History of Jewish Enmity David Nirenberg Notes Index

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Marcia Kupfer has assembled an impressive group of world-class scholars, writing across the spectrum of media, periods, and methodologies. This very readable collection of essays offers a rich investigation of a perpetually timely topic. The essays on film, in particular, break new ground. - Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania

""Marcia Kupfer has assembled an impressive group of world-class scholars, writing across the spectrum of media, periods, and methodologies. This very readable collection of essays offers a rich investigation of a perpetually timely topic. The essays on film, in particular, break new ground."" - Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania""

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Marcia Kupfer is an independent scholar. She is the author of The Art of Healing: Painting for the Sick and the Sinner in a Medieval Town (Penn State, 2003) and Romanesque Wall Painting in Central France: The Politics of Narrative (1993).

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