New perspectives on the Nativity / [print]
edited by Jeremy Corley.
- London ; New York : T and T Clark International, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (xi, 215 pages)
The infancy stories of the gospels since Raymond E. Brown Luke's nativity story : a narrative reading Prophetic voices of Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna in Luke 1-2 Zechariah's "Benedictus" (Luke 1:68-79) : a new look at a familiar text The significance of the inn for Luke's infancy narrative Matthew 1-2 and Roman political power Making sense of the Matthewan genealogy : Matthew 1:17 and the theology of history Matthew's nativity stories : historical and theological questions for today's readers The Magi story through the eyes of Pasolini : a Bahktinian reading The nativity in recent British poetry The Muslim Mary Losing mystery in history : the challenge of recalling the nativity Appendix : Resemblances between Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2 Henry Wansbrough -- Ian Boxall -- Barbara E. Reid -- Leonard J. Maluf -- Nicholas King -- Warren Carter -- Benedict T. Viviano -- Bernard P. Robinson -- Christopher Fuller -- Ann Loades -- John Kaltner -- Thomas O'Loughlin -- Patricia M. McDonald.
The infancy narratives represent some of the most beautiful and intriguing passages in the Gospels. The stories they relate are also arguably the most well-known in the Christian tradition, from the child in the manger to the Magi paying homage to the infant Jesus. However there have been relatively few attempts to consider the stories of the Nativity from modern academic perspectives, examining them from feminist perspectives, poltical standpoints, in cinematic representations as well as more standard but up-to-date academic approaches. New Perspectives on the Nativity attempts to redress thi