{"product_id":"fictional-transfigurations-of-jesus-theodore-comp-ziolkowski-9781579109318","title":"Fictional Transfigurations of Jesus","description":"Many novels revolve round the figure of Jesus. Some of the finest of them are defined by Ziolkowski as fictional transfigurations of Jesus. They share a modern hero patterned on Jesus the culture-hero, whose life consisted of the motifs of the last supper, lonely agony, betrayal, trial, and crucifixion. The aesthetic challenge of adapting this most familiar story for their generation has attracted an unusual number of great writers, among them Papini, Kazantzakis, Hesse, Mann, Greene, Faulkner, and Gore Vidal. The form began with the new image of a humanized Jesus which developed in the 19th century. The interest in religious paranoia and hysteria at the turn of the century instantly expanded its potentialities as novelists began to explore the theme of christomania. This was followed by studies of Jesus as a mythic figure and then Marxist-oriented portraits of Comrade Jesus. Finally the form became inverted into parody in the Fifth Gospels in which not Jesus, but Judas, is the central figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore Comp Ziolkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1579109314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781579109318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.71d","brand":"Theodore Comp Ziolkowski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939749167359,"sku":"9781579109318","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_46af8e85-098e-44f0-913f-2c78caed5bf9.jpg?v=1681443271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fictional-transfigurations-of-jesus-theodore-comp-ziolkowski-9781579109318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}