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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture That's interesting. I wonder if Ferrer is adapting the story to include the patriarchs so he could reach the Jews who were no doubt part of his audience... I wonder if this has any history in apologetic writings... Alexandra On 5/4/05 18:29, "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > This is from the _Descensus ad Inferos_ (DI; the "Harrowing of Hell") > in the _Evangelium Nicodemi_ to which Patricia referred. There are > lots of different versions: for a survey, see Zbigniew Izydorczyk, "The > _Evangelium Nicodemi_ in the Latin Middle Ages," in idem, ed., _The > Medieval Gospel of Nicodemus: Texts, Intertexts, and Contexts in > Western Europe_ (Tempe, AZ: MRTS, 1997), pp. 21-101 (versions in other > languages are treated elsewhere in this volume). > > While you were answering Patricia I quickly read some English-language > translations of DI texts on-line and found none that named the > patriarchs, etc. The treatment I'm most familiar with, Sannazaro, > _DPV_ 1. 225ff., names none and identifies David (by attribute) only > because S. puts a major prophetic speech into D.'s mouth. > > Best, > John Dillon > > > On Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at 4:37 pm, Alexandra Guerson de Oliveira > wrote: > >>> I'm working on a paper on Vicent Ferrer's sermons and I came >> across an >> interesting story of Christ's resurrection. On an Easter Sunday sermon >> Ferrer weaves passages from the Psalms to demonstrate how Christ's >> resurrection had been desired by not only the saints and the >> angels but also >> by all the main Jewish patriarchs and Old Testament leaders. Among >> those who >> begged Christ to resurrect, Ferrer lists Matusalem, Melquisedec, >> Abraham,Isaac, Jacob, Aaron "& the holy priests", David "with the >> other holy kings >> and princes" . Even the women are not forgotten: Eve, Sarah & >> Rebbeca are >> also said to have asked Christ to rise again and intercede for >> them. In the >> end, it is Jesus's resurrection that opens the gates of heaven >> (which of >> course had been closed when Adam & Eve were kicked out) to these >> illustriouspersonages. >> >> Does any of this sound familiar? I'm wondering where Ferrer took this >> particular story from... > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html