Pressly Forum: Elizabeth Honig, "Invitation to a Beheading: John the Baptist in Prison”
Pressly Forum: Elizabeth Honig, "Invitation to a Beheading: John the Baptist in Prison”
Please join us Wednesday, December 2nd at noon, when Professor Elizabeth Honig shares some of her latest research in a talk titled, "Invitation to a Beheading: John the Baptist in Prison.”
Professor Honig, who continues to chart her scholarly path in retirement, focuses on the moment before one of the more dramatic moments painted by European artists from the New Testament. John the Baptist was already imprisoned when Herod Antipas ordered his head to be brought on a plate to his birthday dinner. The scene of this unusual last course being presented at the meal is often pictured, and so too is his beheading. This talk focuses on the prison setting of John’s martyrdom, which is only rarely stressed in art, and asked what the prison signified for those who chose to depict it.
The Pressly Forum offers members of Department faculty and selected speakers to give a talk to members of the Department (faculty, staff, students) in an effort to create bonds of intellectual and collegial community. The forum is the brainchild of Professor Emeritus William L. Pressly, after whom the forum now is named. A light lunch will be served at 11:30.
Please join us Wednesday, December 2nd at noon, when Professor Elizabeth Honig shares some of her latest research in a talk titled, "Invitation to a Beheading: John the Baptist in Prison.”
Professor Honig, who continues to chart her scholarly path in retirement, focuses on the moment before one of the more dramatic moments painted by European artists from the New Testament. John the Baptist was already imprisoned when Herod Antipas ordered his head to be brought on a plate to his birthday dinner. The scene of this unusual last course being presented at the meal is often pictured, and so too is his beheading. This talk focuses on the prison setting of John’s martyrdom, which is only rarely stressed in art, and asked what the prison signified for those who chose to depict it.
The Pressly Forum offers members of Department faculty and selected speakers to give a talk to members of the Department (faculty, staff, students) in an effort to create bonds of intellectual and collegial community. The forum is the brainchild of Professor Emeritus William L. Pressly, after whom the forum now is named. A light lunch will be served at 11:30.
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