Niðrstigningar saga sources, transmission, and theology of the Old Norse "descent into hell" / Dario Bullitta.
| Author/creator | Bullitta, Dario |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017] |
| Description | xix, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic series ; 11 Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic studies ; 11. ^A630495 |
| Contents | The Latin Evangelium Nicodemi in Medieval Europe -- The manuscript tradition of Niðrstigningar saga -- The manuscript filiation of Niðrstigningar saga -- The Latin source text underlying Niðrstigningar saga -- The textual interpolations of Niðrstigningar saga -- The theological context of Niðrstigningar saga. |
| Abstract | "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 their way to Iceland where its text was later translated into the vernacular and known as Niðrstigningar saga. Dario Bullitta has embarked on a highly fascinating voyage that traces the routes of transmission of the Latin text to Iceland and continental Scandinavia. He argues that the saga is derived from a less popular twelfth-century French redaction of the Evangelium Nicodemi, and that it bears the exegetical and scriptural influences of twelfth-century Parisian scholars active at Saint Victor, Peter Comestor and Peter Lombard in particular. By placing Niðrstigningar saga within the greater theological and homiletical context of early thirteenth-century Iceland, Bullitta successfully adds to our knowledge of the early reception of Latin biblical and apocryphal literature in medieval Iceland and provides a new critical edition and translation of the vernacular text."-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Minimal Level Cataloging Plus. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | English text, with Old Norse text with parallel English translation. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Contains title | Gospel of Nicodemus (Old Norse version) |
| Contains title | Gospel of Nicodemus (Old Norse version) English. |
| LCCN | 2019300841 |
| ISBN | 9781442697997 (cloth) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |