History of Jesus

Author: (American) Gershom Scholem, translated by Chen Yamao
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Throughout Western history for two millennia, Jesus Christ has had a profound and undeniable influence. Numerous details indicate that his image is not uniform, with each era depicting him differently. Nearly 200 illustrations of famous paintings and references to classic works in this book aim to visually and textually restore the image of Jesus that permeated Western culture from the 1st to the 20th century, serving as a key to understanding the characteristics of different eras. This book is another highly creative masterpiece by Gershom Scholem, a professor of intellectual history at Yale University, following his seminal work The Christian Tradition. It is neither a biography of Jesus nor a history of Christianity as a religion, but rather explores the historical essence of Christian thought through the relationship between Christianity and the broader cultural history, opening up new perspectives and research fields for academia and the cultural and artistic communities.