| Title: | Pentecost |
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| Notes: | JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings was selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings.
The exuberant expression of joy in this depiction represents the Acts story, including Mary and the women mentioned in Acts, Chapter 1. Pentecost was originally an ancient Hebrew time of thanksgiving celebration for the first grain harvest, as recorded in Leviticus. The new significance given to this day by the gospel writers and early Christians extends that joyful expression to the new "filling up" by the Holy Spirit. |
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| Date: | 1973 |
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| Artist: | JESUS MAFA |
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| Country: | Cameroon
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| Scripture: | Acts 2:1-21
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| Lectionary links: | APDay
BDiv
BPDay
CPDay
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| General Subject: | Pentecost
Holy Spirit
Culture: African
Culture: Black
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- Cameroon
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https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48388
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| Copyright Source: | http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact) |
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| Copyright Permission: | For non-commercial uses, include with the image the Attribution statement below. Variations of the statement are fine as long as the elements in the Attribution statement are included. For other uses contact Éditions de l’Emmanuel, https://www.editions-emmanuel.com/contact/. |
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| Attribution: | JESUS MAFA. Pentecost, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48388 [retrieved September 19, 2024]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact). |
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| Record Number: | 48388
Last Updated: 2021-11-08 17:17:18
Record Created: 2006-12-21 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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