George Moore in the Footsteps of Ernest Renan in the Holy Land

In 1913, the Irish writer George Moore set sail across the Mediterranean for what was known in those days as The Holy Land. The result of this “fact-finding” mission was the publication in 1916 of the sensational The Brook Kerith — the life of Jesus, seen through the eyes of Joseph of Arimathea. Lik...

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Main Author: Sabra, Yousra
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Published: Université de Toulon 2015
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spelling fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:revues.org:babel/3670 2023-05-15T17:40:23+02:00 George Moore in the Footsteps of Ernest Renan in the Holy Land Sabra, Yousra 2015-02-20 http://journals.openedition.org/babel/3670 en eng Université de Toulon Babel urn:doi:10.4000/babel.3670 http://journals.openedition.org/babel/3670 lic_creative-commons Atlantique The Brook Kerith Méditerranée Terre promise théologie chrétienne La Vie de Jésus Mediterranean Holy Land Atlantic Christian theology relig hist Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2015 fttriple https://doi.org/10.4000/babel.3670 2023-01-22T18:09:02Z In 1913, the Irish writer George Moore set sail across the Mediterranean for what was known in those days as The Holy Land. The result of this “fact-finding” mission was the publication in 1916 of the sensational The Brook Kerith — the life of Jesus, seen through the eyes of Joseph of Arimathea. Like his illustrious predecessor Ernest Renan, Moore’s fascination with spirituality owed much to a childhood steeped in the mystical Celtic tradition, which had survived over the ages on the remote North-West Atlantic seaboard. In this article, I will discuss what is hitherto uncharted territory, i.e. the influence of Renan’s 1861 mission in Palestine and the subsequent publications of La Vie de Jésus (1863) on Moore’s itinerary and literary production. To this end, a comparative textual analysis of La Vie de Jésus and The Brook Kerith proves to be more rewarding. En 1913, l’écrivain irlandais George Moore s’embarqua en Méditerranée pour ce qu’on appelait à l’époque la Terre Sainte pour une mission d’« établissement des faits » qui aboutit, en 1916, à la publication de la sensationnelle The Brook Kerith – la vie de Jésus vue par Joseph d’Arimathie. Comme son illustre prédécesseur, Ernest Renan, la fascination de Moore pour la spiritualité devait beaucoup à une enfance ancrée dans la tradition celtique mystique, qui avait survécu de siècle en siècle sur la côte reculée de l’Atlantique Nord-Ouest. Cet article aborde une matière inconnue, l’influence de la mission de 1861 de Renan en Palestine et de la publication de La Vie de Jésus (1863) sur l’itinéraire de Moore et sur sa propre production. À cette fin, l’analyse comparative textuelle de La Vie de Jésus et de The Brook Kerith s’avère fructueuse. Article in Journal/Newspaper North West Atlantic Unknown Babel 29 199 210
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description In 1913, the Irish writer George Moore set sail across the Mediterranean for what was known in those days as The Holy Land. The result of this “fact-finding” mission was the publication in 1916 of the sensational The Brook Kerith — the life of Jesus, seen through the eyes of Joseph of Arimathea. Like his illustrious predecessor Ernest Renan, Moore’s fascination with spirituality owed much to a childhood steeped in the mystical Celtic tradition, which had survived over the ages on the remote North-West Atlantic seaboard. In this article, I will discuss what is hitherto uncharted territory, i.e. the influence of Renan’s 1861 mission in Palestine and the subsequent publications of La Vie de Jésus (1863) on Moore’s itinerary and literary production. To this end, a comparative textual analysis of La Vie de Jésus and The Brook Kerith proves to be more rewarding. En 1913, l’écrivain irlandais George Moore s’embarqua en Méditerranée pour ce qu’on appelait à l’époque la Terre Sainte pour une mission d’« établissement des faits » qui aboutit, en 1916, à la publication de la sensationnelle The Brook Kerith – la vie de Jésus vue par Joseph d’Arimathie. Comme son illustre prédécesseur, Ernest Renan, la fascination de Moore pour la spiritualité devait beaucoup à une enfance ancrée dans la tradition celtique mystique, qui avait survécu de siècle en siècle sur la côte reculée de l’Atlantique Nord-Ouest. Cet article aborde une matière inconnue, l’influence de la mission de 1861 de Renan en Palestine et de la publication de La Vie de Jésus (1863) sur l’itinéraire de Moore et sur sa propre production. À cette fin, l’analyse comparative textuelle de La Vie de Jésus et de The Brook Kerith s’avère fructueuse.
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