Jesse's Lineage explores the interconnections between David, Jesus, and Jesse James. All three of these figures evoked complicated and conflicted reactions from their contemporaries - considered criminals by some, saviors by others. David lives the life of a bandit while on the run from Saul; Jesus dies the death of a bandit alongside other bandits; Jesse James is the paragon of the bandit in the American West and yet his life and death is also understood in biblical terms. Iron Age Judah, Roman Galilee, and Reconstruction era Missouri alike invoke the context of colonial "territories" and areas of resistance. Such contexts give birth to bandits, the heroes of the subaltern.
After their deaths, David, Jesus, and Jesse James live on thorough equally complicated and conflicted textual, ritual, and cultural memories. Their stories intertwine through reference and allusion as Jesus' mission is understood in terms of David's promise, and Jesse's death is understood in terms of Jesus' betrayal. The biography of each figure is further complicated by the processes of folk memory and oral transmission.
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Jesse's Lineage
The Legendary Lives of David, Jesus, and Jesse James
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The Legendary Lives of David, Jesus, and Jesse James
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION: 1318 LAFAYETTE AND OTHER PILGRIMAGE SITES
- The Plan of This Work
- Chapter 1. BANDITS, MARTYRS AND MESSIAHS
- What Has Kansas City to Do with Jerusalem?
- Cultural Studies and Biblical Studies
- Bandit-ridden Frontiers of Judea, the Galilee and Missouri: The Wild, Wild South, North and West
- Social Banditry, Martyrs, Messiahs and the History of Memory
- Bandits, Messiahs and Martyrs
- Chapter 2. DAVID, THE BANDIT
- King of the Wild Frontier
- David Goes West
- Land and Character
- Chapter 3. CROSSING OUTLAWS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JESSE JAMES AND JESUS OF NAZARETH
- The Betrayal of a Bandit
- Jesse James
- Jesus of Nazareth
- Crossing Outlaws
- Chapter 4. 10¢ GOSPELS: THE QUEST(S) FOR THE HISTORICAL JESSE JAMES AND JESUS OF NAZARETH
- Sinners and Saints
- Writing the Biography of a Bandit
- Chapter 5. BANDITS BEYOND THE SUNSET
- To Bury a Bandit
- The Resurrection of a Bandit
- In Jesse’s Steps
- Literary Afterlives
- CONCLUSION: ON DEATH AND BIRTH AND JESSE’S LINEAGE
- On Genealogy
- Resurrection of the Dead, Messianic and Monstrous
- Narratives of Lineage
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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