Letters of Nicodemus

Jan Dobraczyski is able to reveal with psychological insight the deep humanity of his characters and to evoke, through indirect witnesses, the life of Jesus up to his death and resurrection. The author took the epistolary form of this fictional story from apocryphal letters of Nicodemus that were circulated in the Middle Ages. The author demonstrates a profound knowledge of the Holy Scriptures as well as of the customs and environment of Israel at the time of Christ. He describes the landscape with vividness and colour. He is able to reveal with psychological insight the deep humanity of his characters and to evoke, through indirect witnesses, the life of Jesus up to his death and resurrection.

JAN DOBRACZYNSKI TEMA

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