At Midnight I Rise: The Symbolism of Midnight in the Assertion of Jewish-Christian Difference.
This essay explores the negotiation of Jewish-Christian difference in the beginning of the Common Era through a comparative study of the symbolic associations of midnight. It comparatively analyzes references to midnight in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, as well as their later reception in...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ecumenical Studies Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 1 - 27 |
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Winter2024
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