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I'd certainly be interested in reading it, on or off-list.
Michelle
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College of Charleston
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On 1/6/10 10:10 AM, "McMichael, Steven J." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Thanks, Jon. Actually I have always enjoyed the way the conversation takes
> twists and turns as members join in.
>
> I do not know if this is appropriate for the list but I have written a draft
> of my first chapter of a book on Franciscan preaching on the resurrection of
> Jesus in the fifteenth century. It deals with resurrection in such topics as
> medieval art, liturgy, drama, spiritual literature, Mary Magdalen, the Virgin
> Mary, etc. Is it okay to send it to the list members as an attachment? I
> would like to get some reaction to what I have written since it pertains to
> the recent discussion on resurrection. I hope to publish this in the near
> future, so I want to be sure that this information is safe and even though I
> take a vow of poverty as a Franciscan, I do not want someone to steal any of
> my work (I am trying to say this as gingerly as possible without offending
> anyone).
>
> I do not remember anyone doing this on the list, so I am not sure if this is
> alright to do.
>
> Steve
>
>
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I think it was me that introduced the new dimension. I held off for some time,
> suspecting it was not quite relevant to the poster's original interests, but
> when the thread revived decided it might be relevant to *someone's* interests;
> possibly even those of the poster!
>
> Perhaps in retrospective it would have been cleverer of me to adapt the
> subject line somewhat...
>
> Jon
>
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> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:55:41 -0800
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] Resurrection Bodies?
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Your query is discussed fully in Bruce Chilton's Rabbi Paul:
> http://tinyurl.com/yha7ofg
> I'm not plugging Amazon, just trying to give as much info as possible.
> I started Chilton's book on a cruise ship but had to return it well before the
> end. I found some of his statements, particularly his discussion of the whole
> drama of Paul's conversion (Chilton calls it something else), startling. He
> has definite ideas of what Paul saw and they are based on Paul's writings, not
> fanciful speculation. If any other list members know the book and have
> comments, I'd like to read them. I know Paul is hardly medieval, but this is
> related to medieval imaging of the Risen Christ :-))
> MG
>
> Marjorie Greene
> http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/
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> --- On Wed, 1/6/10, McMichael, Steven J. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: McMichael, Steven J. <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Resurrection Bodies?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 4:12 AM
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Thank you for the response and calling us all back to the original inquiry
> that I raised a few weeks ago. I have tried to keep the two dimensions
> separate (the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection of human beings)
> though they interconnect at various points as the latter relies on the earlier
> dimension.
>
> One of the major questions I have had in the back of my mind as I work on this
> theme of the resurrection of Jesus is: what happened to what Paul stated so
> clearly in I Corinthians 15 in medieval theology and spirituality? i.e., Paul
> states that without the resurrection of Jesus the Christian faith is
> meaningless. But it seems that, with so much attention focused on the passion
> and death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus was not lost, but certainly it
> appears to have lost its primary and central focus in medieval Christian
> theology (and art?). Certain Pauline scholars have argued that Paul was
> totally focused on the resurrection of Jesus because it was the Risen Christ
> who appeared to him on the way to Damascus. In fact, a recent book on Paul and
> his Letter to the Romans argues that it is not faith per se that is central to
> the letter (as Luther believed) but it is the object of faith that is central
> to Paul: the resurrection of Jesus. If this is the case, how did it happen
> that medieval theologians, artists, mystics, etc. lost sight of this central
> teaching of Paul?
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> As I recall, this thread began with a discussion of medieval representations
> of the risen Christ.
> I'd remind the list (as if you needed reminding :-)) that Mary Magdelene did
> not recognize Jesus when she encountered him post-Resurrection. Which leads me
> into my second point. I was recently reading a book about St Paul, a book
> whose title I can't recall, in which the author discusses the body of
> post-Resurrection Jesus and how he appeared-if he did appear- to Paul. Very
> interesting and pertinent to the original query.
> I'll try to find the title and post it later.
> MG
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