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- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages)
- Summary
- "This book of biblical scholarship explores the passion story in its four very distinct Gospel versions alongside its musical appropriation by Johann Sebastian Bach's in his oratorio. It probes the founding myth of the Christian West as not merely the sacrifice of a god (by a god), but also the abandonment of a son by a father, due to a creation gone awry that left humanity to fend on its own"--
- Series Statement
- Signale
- Uniform Title
- Matthäuspassion. English (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Matthäuspassion.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The horizon -- Escalations of a God -- Corporeality -- Apostates -- Between two murderers -- The imperceptibility of the Messiah -- The tears -- The excesses of the philosopher's God
- LCCN
- 2021005651
- OCLC
- ssj0002527971
- Author
Blumenberg, Hans.
- Title
St. Matthew Passion [electronic resource] / Hans Blumenberg, translated by Helmut Müller-Sievers and Paul Fleming.
- Imprint
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2021.
- Series
Signale RANSFER
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Müller-Sievers, Helmut.
Fleming, Paul, 1968-