The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0300072686
ISBN 13
9780300072686
Category
200-299 Religion
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
264
Subject
Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines. Jesus Christ -- Influence. Jesus Christ in art.
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Abstract
Discusses how each age created Jesus in its own image. "Pelikan ... has condensed the original text and enhanced the book with more than 200 new illustrations, most in color, that give a new dimension to his thooughts."--Jacket.
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Publisher Comments
This beautiful volume is adapted from Jaroslav Pelikan's classic work jesus Through the Centuries, which was hailed as "a masterpiece" by the Christian Science Monitor and as "a sweeping visual and conceptual panorama" by the New York Times Book Review. Pelikan, one of the most distinguished scholars of our era, has condensed the original text and enhanced the book with more than zoo new illustrations, most in color, that give a new dimension to his thoughts. His lively commentary that accompanies the illustrations provides fresh information on the art, architecture, individuals, and events that Jesus has inspired over the ages.
In this wise, informative, and sumptuously illustrated book, Pelikan discusses how each age created Jesus in its own image, discovering in his life and teachings the answers to fundamental questions of human existence and destiny. Studying the images of Jesus cherished by successive ages -- from rabbi in the first century to universal man in the Renaissance to liberator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Pelikan suggests that the way a particular age depicted Jesus is an essential key to understanding that era.
This beautiful volume is adapted from Jaroslav Pelikan's classic work jesus Through the Centuries, which was hailed as "a masterpiece" by the Christian Science Monitor and as "a sweeping visual and conceptual panorama" by the New York Times Book Review. Pelikan, one of the most distinguished scholars of our era, has condensed the original text and enhanced the book with more than zoo new illustrations, most in color, that give a new dimension to his thoughts. His lively commentary that accompanies the illustrations provides fresh information on the art, architecture, individuals, and events that Jesus has inspired over the ages.
In this wise, informative, and sumptuously illustrated book, Pelikan discusses how each age created Jesus in its own image, discovering in his life and teachings the answers to fundamental questions of human existence and destiny. Studying the images of Jesus cherished by successive ages -- from rabbi in the first century to universal man in the Renaissance to liberator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Pelikan suggests that the way a particular age depicted Jesus is an essential key to understanding that era.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: History
Named Person: Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jézus Krisztus; Jesus Christ.
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jaroslav Jan Pelikan
ISBN: 0300072686 9780300072686
OCLC Number: 968175659
Notes: Revised edition of: Jesus through the centuries. c1985.
Includes index.
Description: 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Contents: Preface to the Original Edition of 1985 --
Preface to the Illustrated Edition --
Introduction --
1. The Rabbi --
2. The Turning Point of History --
3. The Light of the Gentiles --
4. The King of Kings --
5. The Cosmic Christ --
6. The Son of Man --
7. The True Image --
8. Christ Crucified --
9. The Monk Who Rules the World --
10. The Bridegroom of the Soul --
11. The Divine and Human Model --
12. The Universal Man --
13. The Mirror of the Eternal --
14. The Prince of Peace --
15. The Teacher of Common Sense --
16. The Poet of the Spirit --
17. The Liberator --
18. The Man Who Belongs to the World --
Illustration Credits -Index.
Other Titles: Jesus through the centuries
Responsibility: Jaroslav Pelikan.
Named Person: Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ; Jézus Krisztus; Jesus Christ.
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jaroslav Jan Pelikan
ISBN: 0300072686 9780300072686
OCLC Number: 968175659
Notes: Revised edition of: Jesus through the centuries. c1985.
Includes index.
Description: 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Contents: Preface to the Original Edition of 1985 --
Preface to the Illustrated Edition --
Introduction --
1. The Rabbi --
2. The Turning Point of History --
3. The Light of the Gentiles --
4. The King of Kings --
5. The Cosmic Christ --
6. The Son of Man --
7. The True Image --
8. Christ Crucified --
9. The Monk Who Rules the World --
10. The Bridegroom of the Soul --
11. The Divine and Human Model --
12. The Universal Man --
13. The Mirror of the Eternal --
14. The Prince of Peace --
15. The Teacher of Common Sense --
16. The Poet of the Spirit --
17. The Liberator --
18. The Man Who Belongs to the World --
Illustration Credits -Index.
Other Titles: Jesus through the centuries
Responsibility: Jaroslav Pelikan.
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