sources, transmission, and theology of the Old Norse "descent into hell" Bullitta, Dario 1984- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. onc 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource. "The Evangelium Nicodemi, or Gospel of Nicodemus, 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 Evangelium Nicodemi found their way to Iceland where its text was later translated into the vernacular and known as Niðrstigningar saga."-- "Dario 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 Evangelium Nicodemi, and 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 Niðrstigningar saga within 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."-- Dario Bullitta. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. e-ic--- Criticism, Textual Sagas Criticism, Textual RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides BS2860.N6 229/.8 Bullitta, Dario, 1984- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017 (OCoLC)992558782 9781442694491 1442694491 22573/ctt1ztq25s JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1691596 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1691596 N$T 180124 20200709060602.0 on1020286200 eng