The “Self” as Sufferer

The early Roman Empire provides little evidence for the personal religious feelings of its inhabitants; only a few texts reflect what we would call individual testimony of personal religious experience. The works of second-century authors which in fact display such religious feelings often offend mo...

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Main Author: Perkins, Judith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1992
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1992, Volume: 85, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-272
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