| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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Manchester medieval literature and culture
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Manchester medieval literature and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Biblical sources, patristic authorities, and the development of Ascension theology -- God's footprints : material symbolism in the Old English Martyrology and Blickling Homily -- Gateway to salvation : Ascension theology in liminal spaces -- Walking towards heaven : boundary rituals, community, and Ascension theology in homilies for Rogationtide -- The liminal Christ in Anglo-Saxon art. |
| Summary |
Examines the teaching of the theology of Christ's ascension in Anglo-Saxon literature, offering the only comprehensive examination of how patristic ascension theology is transmitted, adapted and taught to Anglo-Saxon audiences. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Ascension.
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Jesus Christ. |
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Ascension. |
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Ascension of Jesus Christ. |
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Jesus Christ -- In literature.
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English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Liminality in literature.
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Liminality in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
450-1100 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kramer, Johanna Ingrid. Between earth and heaven. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014 9780719087899 0719087899 (OCoLC)870425119 |
| ISBN |
9781526110619 (electronic book) |
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152611061X (electronic book) |
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9781781707081 |
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1781707081 |
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9780719087899 |
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0719087899 |
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