Perpetua: athlete of god

Perpetua's Passio: text, authorship, authenticity -- And I became male: gender and the athlete -- A matter of genre and influence: the Passio and Greco-Roman pagan and Christian narratives -- Carthage: pagan culture, religion, and society in the High Roman Empire -- Carthage: the early Christia...

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Main Author: Gold, Barbara K. 1945- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Women in antiquity
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Perpetua, Sancta -203
Further subjects:B Christian women saints
B Perpetua Saint (-203)
B Christian women saints Biography
B Christian women martyrs
B Biography
B Perpetua
B Christian women martyrs Biography
B Saint
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Summary:Perpetua's Passio: text, authorship, authenticity -- And I became male: gender and the athlete -- A matter of genre and influence: the Passio and Greco-Roman pagan and Christian narratives -- Carthage: pagan culture, religion, and society in the High Roman Empire -- Carthage: the early Christian community -- Perpetua's life: family (natal and Christian), education, and social status -- The conditions of martyrdom in the High Roman Empire -- The Nachleben of Perpetua: her unwitting legacy
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 223-239
Physical Description:viii, 261 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:978-0-19-538545-8
0-19-538545-4