Le Retour au Paradis: La relation entre la sanctification de l’homme et l’ascèse sexuelle chez Tertullien. By Kris de Brabander
Tertullian’s denunciation of Eve as ‘the door of the devil’ (diaboli ianua—De cultu feminarum 1.1.2) and his increasingly strident polemics in favour of chastity have given him a reputation for misogyny. Brabander’s study provides a detailed analysis of one aspect which has contributed to this: Tert...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 781-783 |
| Review of: | Le retour au paradis (Turnhout : Brepols, 2007) (Sidaway, Janet)
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| Summary: | Tertullian’s denunciation of Eve as ‘the door of the devil’ (diaboli ianua—De cultu feminarum 1.1.2) and his increasingly strident polemics in favour of chastity have given him a reputation for misogyny. Brabander’s study provides a detailed analysis of one aspect which has contributed to this: Tertullian’s view of ‘l’ascèse sexuelle’ (which in this context appears to mean sexual abstinence as a path to salvation) and its relationship to ‘sanctification’. The book argues that ‘l’ascèse sexuelle’ was a fundamental and consistent theme of Tertullian’s theology. Brabander’s argument centres on Tertullian’s belief that in paradise Adam and Eve remained virgins (p. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flq073 |