| Description |
xi, 245 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series ; Number 15
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Janet E. Spittler -- Aversion as a rhetorical strategy in the Acts of Thomas and Buddhist tradition / J0-Ann Brant -- Religious asses / Virginia Burrus -- The master's voice : martyrdom and the late Roman schoolroom in Prudentius's Passio Sancti Casiani / Kate Cooper -- Sex, suffering, subversion, and spectacle : the feast of Saint Cristina of Bolsena / Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Alienated identity in the Acts of Thomas / Jennifer A. Glancy -- Ephesus, Loca Sancta : the Acts of Timothy and religious travel in late antiquity / Meira Z. Kensky -- Jesus's sense of sin / David Konstan -- The Jewish Agave and Hera : a mimetic reading of the Book of Judith / Dennis R. MacDonald -- The lynching tree and the cross : James Conde, historical narrative, and the ideology of just crucifixion (Luke 23:41) / Shelly Matthews -- The spacial, literary, and linguistic translations of the Mandylion / Ilaria L. E. Ramelli -- Drunk in love : who's afraid of a spiritual marriage? / Jeannie Sellick -- Suffering Thomas : doubt, pain, and punishment in the Acts of Thomas and his wonderworking skin / Janet E. Spittler -- Bibliography of Judith Perkins 1974-2018. |
| Summary |
"This volume celebrates the contributions of Judith Perkins to the study of early Christianity. Twelve essays take her insights related to apocryphal texts, representations of suffering, and creation of meaning in various directions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Perkins, Judith, 1944-
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Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. (OCoLC)fst00811403
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Church history -- Primitive and early church.
(OCoLC)fst01710945
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| Chronological Term |
30-600
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Perkins, Judith, 1944- honouree.
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Spittler, Janet E., 1976- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: The narrative self in early Christianity Atlanta : SBL Press, 2019. 9780884143987 (DLC) 2019026147 |
| ISBN |
9781628372519 (paperback) |
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9780884143970 (hardback) |
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9780884143987 (ebook) |
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1628372516 |
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088414397X |
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