Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus?
Investigating the Unrecognisability and Metamorphosis of Jesus in his Post-Resurrection Appearances
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Date of Publication: 14 October 2019
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ISBN13: | 9783161560774 |
ISBN10: | 3161560779 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 298 pages |
Size: | 258x153x17 mm |
Weight: | 477 g |
Language: | English |
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In this study, Max Whitaker investigates the intriguing accounts of Jesus' resurrection appearances through the lens of Greco-Roman narratives. In both canonical and apocryphal accounts of Jesus' post-resurrection appearances, Jesus appears in an unrecognisable form to other characters, including people who knew him well just before his death. The motif of a character appearing in an unrecognisable form to people he or she knows well is one which exists in folk literature, and in Greco-Roman and Jewish literature from a range of genres. The author investigates a range of stories in which characters appear in an unrecognisable or metamorphic form, and summarises patterns and themes. This throws new light on how Jesus' post-resurrection stories would have been understood by their original audiences.