A Militant Bride: Gender-Loaded Metaphors in Jerome’s Writings to Ascetic Men and Women
This article examines Jerome’s use of bridal and military imagery in his writings to male and female ascetics. The metaphor of the "bride" and the "soldier" had been used in earlier Christianity to describe the Christian identity of the baptized person, and in the writings of Jer...
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2024
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Open theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 10, Issue: 1 |
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bride
B Masculinity B Metaphors B Femininity B soldier B Flesh B Gender B Asceticism B Jerome of Stridon |
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