An edition of The grief of God (1997)

The grief of God

images of the suffering Jesus in late medieval England

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An edition of The grief of God (1997)

The grief of God

images of the suffering Jesus in late medieval England

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Graphic portrayals of the suffering Jesus Christ pervade late medieval English art, literature, drama, and theology. These images have been interpreted as signs of a new emphasis on the humanity of Jesus. To others they indicate a fascination with a terrifying God of vengeance and a morbid obsession with death. In The Grief of God, however, Ellen Ross offers a different understanding of the purpose of this imagery and its meaning to the people of the time.

Analyzing a wide range of textual and pictorial evidence, the author finds that the bleeding flesh of the wounded Savior manifests divine presence; in the intensified corporeality of the suffering Jesus whose flesh not only condemns, but also nurtures, heals, and feeds, believers meet a trinitarian God of mercy.

Ross explores the rhetoric of transformation common to English medieval artistic, literary, and devotional sources. The extravagant depictions of pain and anguish, the author shows, constitute an urgent appeal to respond to Jesus' expression of love. She also explains how the inscribing of Christ's pain on the bodies of believers at times erased the boundaries between human and divine so that holy persons, and in particular, holy women, participated in the transformative power of Christ.

This interdisciplinary study of sermon literature, manuscript illuminations and church wall paintings, drama, hagiographic narratives, and spiritual treatises illuminates the religious sensibilities, practices, and beliefs that constellate around the late medieval fascination with the bleeding body of the suffering Jesus Christ.

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English
Pages
200

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The grief of God: images of the suffering Jesus in late medieval England
1997, Oxford University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-190) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
232.96
Library of Congress
BT153.S8 R67 1997, BT153.S8R67 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 200 p., 39 p. of plates :
Number of pages
200

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Open Library
OL968967M
Internet Archive
griefgodimagessu00ross
ISBN 10
019510451X
LCCN
96005502
OCLC/WorldCat
34354945
Library Thing
8737535
Goodreads
2623218

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