Andrew Cain

The Letters of Jerome

Asceticism, Biblical Exegesis, and the Construction of Christian Authority in Late Antiquity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In life Jerome's authority was frequently questioned, yet following his death he was venerated as a saint. Andrew Cain systematically examines Jerome's idealized self-presentation across the extant epistolary corpus, exploring how and why Jerome used letter writing as a means to bid for status as an expert on the Bible and ascetic spirituality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780199563555
• ISBN-10: 0199563551
• Artikelnr.: 26201619

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: 'The Voice of One Calling in the Desert'
2: A Pope and His Scholar
3: Claiming Marcella
4: Expulsion from Rome
5: The Embattled Ascetic Sage
6: The Exegetical Letters
Conclusion
Appendices
I: Classifying the Letters: A New Taxonomy
II: Lost Letters of Jerome
III: The Manuscript Tradition