{"product_id":"nidrstigningar-saga-dario-bullitta-9781442697997","title":"Nidrstigningar Saga: Sources, Transmission, and Theology of the Old Norse \"Descent Into Hell\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eEvangelium Nicodemi\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eGospel of Nicodemus\u003c\/i\u003e, was the most widely circulated apocryphal writing in medieval Europe. It depicted the trial, Passion, and crucifixion of Christ as well as his Harrowing of Hell. During the twelfth-century renaissance, some exemplars of the \u003ci\u003eEvangelium Nicodemi \u003c\/i\u003efound their way to Iceland where its text was later translated into the vernacular and known as \u003ci\u003eNistigningar saga.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDario Bullitta has embarked on a highly fascinating voyage that traces the routes of transmission of the Latin text to Iceland and continental Scandinavia. He argues that the saga is derived from a less popular twelfth-century French redaction of the \u003ci\u003eEvangelium Nicodemi, \u003c\/i\u003eand that it bears the exegetical and scriptural influences of twelfth-century Parisian scholars active at Saint Victor, Peter Comestor and Peter Lombard in particular. By placing \u003ci\u003eNistigningar saga \u003c\/i\u003ewithin the greater theological and homiletical context of early thirteenth-century Iceland, Bullitta successfully adds to our knowledge of the early reception of Latin biblical and apocryphal literature in medieval Iceland and provides a new critical edition and translation of the vernacular text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dario Bullitta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442697997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442697997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Dario Bullitta","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079807758591,"sku":"9781442697997","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_777fa4bd-ec10-4219-939d-b6fba4256a71.jpg?v=1685483259","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nidrstigningar-saga-dario-bullitta-9781442697997","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}