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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The question is not able to be answered so easily as referring to the Gospel of Nicodemus, because the story of the Harrowing of Hell occurs in other literature which was most likely influenced by the Godpel of Nicodemus. As I recall it appears in about five morality plays including the York morality play. I am talking of the top of my head here because I don't have the time to look it up right now. The exact information contained in the sermon may have come from any of these sources, or could have been a creative embellishment by the preacher himself. --V. K. Inman Quoting Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]>: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Perhaps I'm not reading the right Gospel of Nicodemus, but in: > http://www.ricter.com/wordline/nicod2.htm > I found Adam (much mentioned), David, Esaias, Habacuc, Micheas, Enoch, Elias > (of Chariot of Fire fame), and the Good Thief all playing roles in the > Harrowing of Hell sequence. > MG > > >From: Alexandra Guerson de Oliveira <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > > culture <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: [M-R] Vicent Ferrer & Resurrection of Jesus > >Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:51:02 -0400 > > > >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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? 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