The care of the self in early Christian texts

"Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "Authors Note" -- "1 Introduction" -- "References" -- "Ancient Works" -- "Modern Works" -- "2 The Importance of the Care of the Self in the History of the Early Christ Movements" -- &q...

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Main Author: Saxon, Deborah Niederer (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing AG [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:The Bible and Cultural Studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church / Christian literature / Self-care
IxTheo Classification:FA Theology
Further subjects:B Bible Theology
B Religion and sociology
B Martyrologies
B Religion Philosophy
B Religious Studies
B Religion
B Martyrologies ; History and criticism
B Electronic books
B Church History
B Nag Hammadi Codices
B Martyrologies--History and criticism
B Gnosticism
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Print version: Niederer Saxon, Deborah: The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts. - Cham : Springer International Publishing,c2017. - 9783319647494
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Summary:"Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "Authors Note" -- "1 Introduction" -- "References" -- "Ancient Works" -- "Modern Works" -- "2 The Importance of the Care of the Self in the History of the Early Christ Movements" -- "The Care of the Self as the Main Focus of Greco-Roman Philosophies" -- "Why Historians Have Not Recognized the Importance of the Care of the Self" -- "Usefulness of the Care of the Self in Reconceptualizing the History of the Early Christ Movements" -- "Martyrdom as a Discursive Formation" -- "Disruptions to the Discourse of Martyrdom" -- "References" -- "Ancient Works" -- "Modern Works" -- "3 Martyrdom Represented as Care of the Self in the Texts of Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp" -- "Martyrdom as Care of the Self" -- "1 Clement" -- "Letters of Ignatius" -- "Polycarp" -- "Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians" -- "Martyrdom of Polycarp" -- "Development of a Collective Identity Through the Discourse of Martyrdom" -- "Intermingling of Martyrdom as the Care of the Self with the Resurrection of the Flesh and Apostolic Authority" -- "References" -- "Ancient Works" -- "Ante-Nicene Fathers" -- "Apostolic Fathers" -- "Boethius, Ancius" -- "Modern Works" -- "4 Competing Visions of the Care of the Self in the Apocalypse of Peter, the Testimony of Truth, Fragments of Basilides and Valentinus, and the Gospel of Judas" -- "Heresiological Framing" -- "Alternative Perspectives" -- "Apocalypse of Peter" -- "Testimony of Truth" -- "Fragments of Basilides" -- "Fourth Fragment of Valentinus" -- "Gospel of Judas" -- "Background" -- "Judas’s Moral Character" -- "Judas’s Ambiguous Representation" -- "Critique of Apostolic Succession" -- "Further Critique of Sacrifice and Martyrdom" -- "Preparation for Martyrdom" -- "The Resurrection of the Flesh" -- "References" -- "Ancient Works" -- "Modern Works
"5 Complementary Representations of the Care of the Self in the Gospel of Mary and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity" -- "The Representation of Mary" -- "The Positive Connotation of not Wavering" -- "Male Disciples’ Fear Versus Mary’s Lack of Fear" -- "Mary as a Disciple Who Did not Waver" -- "Mary’s Vision" -- "Mary’s Equanimity Versus Peter’s Passion" -- "The End Result" -- "Parallels Between Mary and Perpetua" -- "The Representation of Perpetua" -- "Perpetua’s Representation in the Arena Itself" -- "Perpetua’s Contemplation of Death" -- "Troubling Aspects of Perpetua’s Representation" -- "Unpacking “Gnosticism”" -- "References" -- "Ancient Works" -- "Modern Works" -- "6 The Two Poles of Parrhēsia and Concluding Remarks" -- "References" -- "Ancient Works" -- "Modern Works
ISBN:3319647504
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64750-0