Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 754 g
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Passio Perpetuae Et Felicitatis
Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 754 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-956188-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Perpetua's Passions is a collection of studies about Perpetua, a young female Christian martyr who was executed in 203 AD. Like her spiritual guide, Saturus, Perpetua left a diary, and a few years after their deaths a fellow Christian collected these writings and supplied them with an introduction and epilogue: the so-called Passion of Perpetua. The result is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic works of antiquity, which the present volume examines from a
wide range of perspectives: literary, narratological, historical, religious, psychological, and philosophical viewpoints follow upon a newly edited text and English translation (by Joseph Farrell and Craig Williams). This innovative treatment by a number of distinguished scholars not only complements its unique subject,
but constitutes a kind of laboratory of new approaches to ancient texts.
