Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Referencing and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II The Diversity of Reception
- 8 The Apocryphal Jesus
- 9 The Islamic Jesus
- 10 Jesus in Christian Material Culture
- 11 Jesus in Art and Music
- 12 Jesus in the Story of Spirituality and Worship
- Part III Ethics, Theology, and Critical Scholarship
- Part IV The Global Jesus Today
- Part V Outlook
- Bibliography
- Ancient Sources Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
11 - Jesus in Art and Music
from Part II - The Diversity of Reception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2024
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Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Referencing and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II The Diversity of Reception
- 8 The Apocryphal Jesus
- 9 The Islamic Jesus
- 10 Jesus in Christian Material Culture
- 11 Jesus in Art and Music
- 12 Jesus in the Story of Spirituality and Worship
- Part III Ethics, Theology, and Critical Scholarship
- Part IV The Global Jesus Today
- Part V Outlook
- Bibliography
- Ancient Sources Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
As this volume’s other chapters demonstrate, the primary material for accessing the person and character of Jesus of Nazareth will always be the New Testament texts. But the last two thousand years have witnessed a profusion of non-textual media rendering this endlessly absorbing figure. This chapter attends to the ways that artists through the ages have chosen to present him in modes other than words alone, considering visual art and music in particular.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus , pp. 171 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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Further Reading
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Butt, John. 2011. “George Frederic Handel and The Messiah.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible, edited by Lieb, Michael, Mason, Emma, and Roberts, Jonathan, 294–306. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Coakley, Sarah. 2013. God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay “on the Trinity”. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Horner, Al. 2020. “‘I Have a Sense of Urgency’: Sufjan Stevens Wakes from the American Dream.” The Guardian, September 25. www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/25/sufjan-stevens-interview-the-ascensionGoogle Scholar
Jensen, Robin M. 2017. The Cross: History, Art, and Controversy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Loewe, Andreas. 2014. Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion (BWV 245): A Theological Commentary. Leiden: Brill.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
MacMillan, James. 2014. “Interview about St Luke Passion.” Boosey & Hawkes. www.boosey.com/cr/news/James-MacMillan-interview-about-new-St-Luke-Passion/100345.Google Scholar
Viladesau, Richard. 2020. The Wisdom and Power of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts. Oxford: Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar