The Three Wise Men.
 JESUS MAFA

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Title:The Three Wise Men
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 weas selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings.
Date:1973
Artist:JESUS MAFA
Object/Function:Painting
Country:Cameroon

Scripture:Matthew 2:1-12
Person as Subject:Wise Men (Biblical figures)
Lectionary links:CEpDy
BDiv
AEpDy
General Subject:Adoration of the Magi
Culture: African
Culture: Black
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- Cameroon

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Attribution:JESUS MAFA. The Three Wise Men, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48399 [retrieved November 7, 2024]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).
Record Number:48399 Last Updated: 2021-09-10 05:37:56 Record Created: 2006-12-22 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition