medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I appreciate this reply. Naturally I'm terrified to go
up against such giants in their field.
MG
Seidel and UC colleague M. Camille have been
> profitably in the
> overinterpretation business for quite some time. I
> rarely see a shred of
> hard evidence to support such post-Freudian
> interpretations except the
> "feeling" that it must be so. Such interpretations
> go against the plain
> meaning of much Christian imagery (however
> repetitive and boring) and any
> scheme that disregards that (assuming it is
> understood in the first place)
> needs to defend itself on every page.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:20 PM
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> Subject: [M-R] Seidel & Gislebertus
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>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
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>
> The one thing I distinctly remember about the book
> was
> Seidel's interpretation of Judas' right hand with
> his
> two forefingers (?) pointing out and the others
> folded
> back as a "stand-in" for the erect penis of anyone
> dying by hanging. Having looked at the capital both
> in
> situ and in books, it seems to me that J's hand is
> in
> a blessing gesture and that Seidel's interpretation
> is
> far-fetched in the extreme. I'm not an art historian
> so Christopher may be interested in my very humble
> opinion. I might add that I realize my
> interpretation
> will probably strike some as bizarre.
>
> MG
>
>
>
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