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The Oberammergau Passion Play As A Survival Of The Medieval Miracle Play, Carolyn Pulciver Timm
The Oberammergau Passion Play As A Survival Of The Medieval Miracle Play, Carolyn Pulciver Timm
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The contributions of the Mediaeval Miracle Play to that of the Passion Play of Oberammergau are like those of a parent to a child. Life and form have been inherited but the development has gone far beyond the origin. Yet certain elements have continually been preserved in this same form and life
The material for the story of the Oberammergau Play was in the Mediaeval Miracle Play. In both cases the dramatic climax was reached on Good Friday with the gospel of our Lord's death upon the cross. Christ's entry into Jerusalem, the story of His birth, His active career, …