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The quest for the true cross / Carsten Peter Thiede & Matthew D'Ancona

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رقم التسجيلة 3963
نوع المادة book
ردمك 0312294247
رقم الطلب

BT465.T48

المؤلف Thiede, Carsten Peter

العنوان The quest for the true cross / Carsten Peter Thiede & Matthew D'Ancona
بيان الطبعة 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed
بيانات النشر New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
الوصف المادي x, 205 p : 25 cm ; ill
ملاحظات

Originally published: United Kingdom : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000 Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-193) and index

المحتويات / النص

1- The tree of life: a brief history of the cross 2- Queen helena and the birth of vhristian Europe 3- The discovery of the true Cross 4- A kiss of life- Jerusalem abd Rome, or: how a piece of walnut wood made history 5- Jews and Romans in Jerusalem: the Titulus, God, the Lord and the Saviour 6- The Earliest Christian symbol: beleivers under the Cross 7- The lasting quest

المستخلص

An unforgettable journey in search of the world's most powerful image The cross is arguably the most recognizable symbol in Western civilization. But what are its historical origins, and what happened to it after Christ's crucifixion? In a church outside Rome, a fragment of wood may hold the answer to these questions and could be fundamental to our understanding of Christianity. Focusing on a long-ignored fragment of the Titulus Crucis--the inscribed headboard from Christ's cross--authors Thiede and d'Ancona provide evidence that it may date from the time of Christ and was brought to Rome by Queen Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, in AD 328. their claim is a radical challenge to the modern view that all reputed holy relics are fakes. Following in Helena's footsteps and drawing together the threads of history, archaeology, myth, religion, and science, this journey through the ancient world is sure to transform many readers' conceptions about early Christian faith.

المواضيع Holy Cross

الأسماء المرتبطة D'Ancona, Matthew