The Quest of the Holy Grail (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Twenty years of Arthurian scholarship are distilled in this 1913 study of one of the Western world’s most enduring symbols. Was the Holy Grail the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper? The vessel in which Joseph of Arimethea received the blood of Christ? Or was it something else? Weston argues that the Grail legend is actually nature worship passed on as mystery and tradition.

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The Quest of the Holy Grail (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Twenty years of Arthurian scholarship are distilled in this 1913 study of one of the Western world’s most enduring symbols. Was the Holy Grail the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper? The vessel in which Joseph of Arimethea received the blood of Christ? Or was it something else? Weston argues that the Grail legend is actually nature worship passed on as mystery and tradition.

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The Quest of the Holy Grail (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Quest of the Holy Grail (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Jessie L. Weston
The Quest of the Holy Grail (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Quest of the Holy Grail (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Jessie L. Weston

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Overview

Twenty years of Arthurian scholarship are distilled in this 1913 study of one of the Western world’s most enduring symbols. Was the Holy Grail the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper? The vessel in which Joseph of Arimethea received the blood of Christ? Or was it something else? Weston argues that the Grail legend is actually nature worship passed on as mystery and tradition.


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ISBN-13: 9781411448797
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication date: 05/17/2011
Series: Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
File size: 204 KB
Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Jessie Laidlay Weston (1850–1928) was a scholar and folklorist whose work focused primarily on Arthurian legends, as well as medieval translations. Her best-known book is From Ritual to Romance, a landmark of anthropological and mythological scholarship exploring the origins of the Grail legend. It was awarded the Crawshay Prize upon publication in 1920.

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