Christ among the Doctors of the Law

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Christ among the Doctors of the Law is a traditional Christian artistic and devotional depiction of the young Jesus debating scripture with Jewish teachers in the Temple.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian iconographic theme ⓘ
devotional image ⓘ
religious subject in art ⓘ
appearsInCycle Infancy of Christ ⓘ
Life of Christ ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod Baroque art ⓘ
Medieval Christian art ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
basedOn Finding in the Temple ⓘ
Gospel of Luke 2:41–52 ⓘ
commonMedium altarpiece ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
illuminated manuscript ⓘ
panel painting ⓘ
print ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
stained glass ⓘ
depicts Jewish teachers ⓘ
Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Jewish Temple

debate about scripture ⓘ
young Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Child Jesus
iconographicAttribute Mary and Joseph sometimes shown searching for Jesus ⓘ
books or scrolls symbolizing the Law ⓘ
doctors shown as elders with beards ⓘ
languageVariant Christ among the Doctors ⓘ
Jesus among the Doctors ⓘ
The Finding in the Temple (as related subject title) ⓘ
narrativeMoment Jesus at about twelve years old ⓘ
episode between the Nativity and public ministry of Jesus ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalSource New Testament ⓘ
theologicalTheme Christ’s obedience to the Father ⓘ
Christ’s wisdom ⓘ
authority of Jesus over the Law ⓘ
relationship between Old and New Covenant ⓘ
typicalIconography Christ as a boy seated or standing among elders ⓘ
gestures of teaching and disputation ⓘ
scrolls or books of scripture ⓘ
typicalSetting interior of the Temple ⓘ
usedFor devotional contemplation ⓘ
didactic illustration of Gospel stories ⓘ

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Finding in the Temple → alsoRenderedAs → Christ among the Doctors of the Law ⓘ
Christ among the Doctors of the Law → languageVariant → Jesus among the Doctors ⓘ
linked to: Christ among the Doctors of the Law