Two fantasies on the death of Jesus
Stories of the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus occupy a prominent place in the Christian mythology of 'the Gospel'. However, in two of these stories, the Gospels of Mark and of Peter, the element of the fantastic rejects the security of mythic closure. The elements of the fanta...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1992
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1992, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 485-498 |
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Summary: | Stories of the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus occupy a prominent place in the Christian mythology of 'the Gospel'. However, in two of these stories, the Gospels of Mark and of Peter, the element of the fantastic rejects the security of mythic closure. The elements of the fantastic which appear in the ending of Mark are not inconsistent with earlier segments of that story. Mark's fantasy of Jesus's death is also more thorough than Peter's. However, in both of them, the fantastic is unsettling to faith. The developing gospel tradition tends to eliminate this fantastic element. |
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ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_822 |