TY - BOOK ID - 7213538 TI - Joseph of Arimathea PY - 2014 SN - 9780199695911 0199695911 9780199695928 019969592X 0191612197 0191773751 9780191612190 PB - Oxford [England] DB - UniCat KW - Joseph, KW - Cult KW - In literature. KW - 225-05 KW - Personen in het Nieuwe Testament. Apostelen KW - 225-05 Personen in het Nieuwe Testament. Apostelen KW - Grail KW - Legends KW - History and criticism. KW - Arimathea, Joseph of, KW - Josef, KW - Glastonbury (England) KW - Glastonbury, Eng. KW - Glastonbury (Somerset) KW - Church history. KW - Ioseph ab Arimathea KW - Joseph, - of Arimathea, Saint. KW - Joseph, - of Arimathea, Saint - Cult - Great Britain. KW - Joseph, - of Arimathea, Saint - In literature. KW - Joseph, - of Arimathea, Saint UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7213538 AB - This book examines the extensive and convoluted afterlives of a minor biblical character who nevertheless plays a major role in three pivotal scenes in the passion of Jesus Christ as presented by the four canonical Gospels: the request to Pilate for the body, the descent from the cross, and the burial of Jesus' corpse. Characterized in subtly different ways by each Evangelist, these sparse biblical Josephs have been developed in literature, art, church life, film and spiritualism over the centuries. ER -