The place of the Gospels in the general history of literature / Karl Ludwig Schmidt ; translated by Byron R. McCane ; with an introduction by John Riches.
| Author/creator |
Schmidt, Karl Ludwig, 1891-1956 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xxxiii, 88 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Stellung der Evangelien in der allgemeinen Literaturgeschichte. English |
| Contents | Greek biographical literature -- Judaism and Hellenism -- Low literature from various periods and peoples -- Analogy, not genealogy -- The literary development of the non-canonical Acts, (literary) lives of saints and martyr-acts -- Gospels and biography -- The boundary between high literature and low literature -- Simple cases of folk-biography -- Methodology -- The multiformity of the framework of the story of Jesus -- German folk-books -- Legends of the saints -- Ancient Christian monastic stories -- The Franciscan legends -- Goethe and the legends of St. Rochus -- The cultic character of legends of saints, Apophthegmata Patrum, and the Gospels. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2002012310 |
| ISBN | 1570034303 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | BS2555.52 .S413 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |