Perpetua's passions : multidisciplinary approaches to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis /
Perpetua's Passions is a collection of studies about Perpetua, a young female Christian martyr who was executed in 203 AD. Like her spiritual guide, Saturus, Perpetua left a diary, and a few years after their deaths a fellow Christian collected these writings and supplied them with an introduct...
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| Idioma: | inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Perpetua's Passions: A Brief Introduction; The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity; Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis; Part I: The Martyr and her Gender; I. Felicitas: The Martyrdom of a Young African Woman; II. Perpetua's Gender. A Latinist Reads the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis; III. Femina Liberaliter Instituta-Some Thoughts on a Martyr's Liberal Education; IV. Vibia Perpetua-An Indecent Woman; V. The Passio Perpetuae and Jewish Martyrdom: The Motif of Motherly Love; VI. Perpetual Contest.