Texts of the Passion: Latin Devotional Literature and Medieval Society

In this book Thomas H. Bestul constructs the literary history of the Latin Passion narratives, placing them within their social, cultural, and historical contexts. He examines the ways in which the Passion is narrated and renarrated in devotional treatises, paying particular attention to the modifications and enlargements of the narrative of the Passion as it is presented in the canonical gospels.

Of particular interest to Bestul are the representations of Jews, women, and the body of the cr...