
Christ, by Simone Martini
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Week 4. Evangelium
Readings
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This week we will turn from the Hebrew Bible to some selections from
the New Testament gospel, or evangelium. Like many words in Christian
Latin, evangelium comes from the Greek: the good, eu-,
message, angelium (yes, an angelus is a messenger). Two of the
reading selections consist of parables which Jesus preaches to his followers
(and you will encounter these same parables in writers that we read later
in this semester. The third selection is from the account of the crucifixion
found in the gospel according to John. Again, the scene of Jesus' crucifixion
is analyzed and interpreted again and again by the writers of the Middle
Ages; by familiaring yourselves with the details of the Biblical account,
you will be better prepared for the texts that we will then be reading
later in the semester.
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