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The Life of Thecla: Apocryphal Expansion in Late Antiquity - Couverture souple

Jacobs, Andrew S.

 
9781666746402: The Life of Thecla: Apocryphal Expansion in Late Antiquity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1666746401 ISBN 13 : 9781666746402
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2024

Synopsis

Thecla was one of the most venerated saints in late antiquity. One of her followers created the Life of Thecla as an act of devotion in the fifth century, rewriting the popular Acts of Thecla and transforming it into the heroic saga of a saint. Replete with long speeches, dramatic flourishes, and literary flamboyance, the Life of Thecla gives modern readers insight into the ways a gender-bending apostolic saint could be reframed and reimagined for later audiences. This first modern English translation of the Life explores its relationship with the earlier Acts as well as its place in fifth-century concerns about miracles, healing, sainthood, and sexuality.

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À propos de l'auteur

Andrew S. Jacobs is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author or coeditor of a range of books on early Christianity, biblical interpretation, and culture in late antiquity, most recently Gospel Thrillers (2023).

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Éditeur
Cascade Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1666746401
ISBN 13 
9781666746402
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
120
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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