Nidrstigningar Saga : : Sources, Transmission, and Theology of the Old Norse “Descent into Hell” /

Nidrstigningar Saga : : Sources, Transmission, and Theology of the Old Norse “Descent into Hell” / / Dario Bullitta.

The Evangelium Nicodemi, or Gospel of Nicodemus, was the most widely circulated apocryphal writing in medieval Europe. It depicted the trial, Passion, and crucifixion of Christ as well as his Harrowing of Hell. During the twelfth-century renaissance, some exemplars of the Evangelium Nicodemi found t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Bullitta, Dario ,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2017
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 3 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. The Latin Evangelium Nicodemi in Medieval Europe
  • 2. The Manuscript Tradition of Niðrstigningar saga
  • 3. The Manuscript Filiation of Niðrstigningar saga
  • 4. The Latin Source Text Underlying Niðrstigningar saga
  • 5. The Textual Interpolations of Niðrstigningar saga
  • 6. The Theological Context of Niðrstigningar saga
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Texts
  • Translations
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Scriptural Quotations
  • Index of Manuscripts
  • General Index
  • Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic Series

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