Wonderful Blood

Wonderful Blood
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 457
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ISBN-10 : 9780812220193
ISBN-13 : 0812220196
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Book Synopsis Wonderful Blood by : Caroline Walker Bynum

Download or read book Wonderful Blood written by Caroline Walker Bynum and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2007-11-05 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bynum argues that Christ's blood as both object and symbol was central to late medieval art, literature, and religious life. As cult object, blood provided a focus of theological debate about the nature of matter, body, and God and an occasion for Jewish persecution; as motif, blood became a central symbol in popular devotion.


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