Patristic Perspectives on Luke's Transfiguration: Interpreting Vision

by Peter Anthony

Book Overview

Peter Anthony explores how visionary elements in Luke's Gospel had a particular influence on early interpretation of the Transfiguration, by examining the rich hermeneutical traditions that emerged - particularly in the Latin West - as the Transfiguration was first depicted visually in art.

Anthony begins by comparing the visual and visionary culture of antiquity with that of the present, and their differing interpretations of the Transfiguration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 056769979X
• ISBN13: 9780567699794
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"