The Leap into Jesu´s Arms. Some Remarks on the Reception of Lagerkvist´s Novel Barabbas in German-speaking Countries

Abstract

The article presents a continuous, however, largely implausible tradition of unambiguously Christian interpretations of the novel Barabbas (1950) by Pär Lagerkvist in the German-speaking countries.

Keywords

• The
• Leap
• into
• Jesu´s
• Arms.
• Some
• Remarks
• the
• Reception
• Lagerkvist´s
• Novel
• Barabbas
• German-speaking
• Countries