| Titre | Le spectre de Samuel et la sorcière d'En Dor. Avatars historiques d'un récit biblique : I Rois 28 | |
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| Auteur | Jean-Claude Schmitt | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 105-106, 1987 Retour des morts | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Le retour des morts I - La figure et la personne |
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| Page | 37-64 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The Ghost of Samuel and the Witch of En Dor. The Historical Becoming of a Biblical Tale : I Kings 28
How to resolve the problem of ghosts in medieval culture and how to portray them in iconography ? To both questions, the high culture of the Middle Ages tried to find answers in the Bible, whose most famous ghost story concerns the spirit of Samuel raised at the request of King Saul by the witch of En Dor. The article studies the different commentaries of this tale from the patristic ages up to the 18th century and shows how Christian iconography, from the 12th century onwards, brought its own contribution to the evolution of exegesis.
Throughout a very long period iconography did not reproduce the fantastic atmosphere of apparitions that was emphasised on the contrary by written texts. In modern times however, the witchhunt has led to a decisive transformation of the image of Samuel's evocation : the story has become the pattern of the witches' sabbath, and the witch of En Dor - placed in the center of the image - is thought of as the prototype of all modern witches. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1987_num_105_1_3179 |
