The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and ModernPegram Johnson, III, Edna M. Troiano Westminster John Knox Press, 1993 M04 15 - 340 páginas This collection of Christmas literature--a selection of some of the best writings by authors from many times and places, including China, Syria, Egypt, France, Spain, England, Mexico, Canada, and the United States--enables readers to appreciate the dimensions of Jesus' birth. Works of art from the Far East, the Sudan, Russia, Hispanic America, and England underscore the universality of the story of Jesus. Chapters are arranged in chronological order and each is divided into literary genres--liturgy, sermon or treatise, drama, fiction, and poetry. Language in the early English work has been modernized, and several Latin, French, Spanish, and Arabic works are translated and published in English for the first time. |
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The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern Pegram Johnson Sin vista previa disponible - 1993 |
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angel Babe Barb Wiggin Barrington behold Bethlehem birth blessed born brother bunny Carol century Christ Child Christian Christmas Eve church cold Cold Comfort Farm dark dear Donne doth E. V. Lucas earth Egypt excerpt eyes father fire Frank glory God's Gospel Grace Paley hand hath heart heaven Herod Holy Huron Carol hymn James Agee Jesus John John Donne Joseph King Lawrence Ferlinghetti light liturgical looked Lord Lucille Clifton maiden manger Martin Bell Mary merry Momma morning mother Nativity never night Owen Parkins play poems poet poetry poor praise Reckenthorpe rector Reprinted Revel SHEPHERD sing Sir Ector Sir Kay sleep snow song soul stanza star Stella Gibbons story sweet sword tell thee things thou thought tree unto Virgin voice woman wonder word writing