The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hunter, Francis J.; Enright, Nancy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs presents a critical translation of three hagiographical masterpieces of late antiquity and a series of accompanying essays. The translation by Francis J. Hunter includes the two Acta Brevia narratives as companion texts and supplements to the Passio Sanctarum proper. The interdisciplinary essays feature input from scholars in the fields of literature, theology, psychology, and classics, who each illustrate the dynamic and rich nature of the text. Each chapter of the book is written to teach, rather than critique, the text for students or readers who wish to learn about Perpetua and Felicity, early Christianity, or the Roman empire and its relationship with the emergent Christian religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666957952
• Artikelnr.: 74939207

Autorenporträt

Nancy Enright is professor of English and Director of the University Core at Seton Hall University. Francis J. Hunter is a Latin and Classics teacher for the Middle and Upper schools of the Academy of the Holy Angels.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why Perpetua, Francis J. Hunter
Part I
Chapter 1: Translations: "The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity", "The Acts
of Saints Perpetua and Felicity I", and "The Acts of Saints Perpetua and
Felicity II", Translated by Francis J Hunter
Part II
Chapter 2: Perpetua and the Identity of Women in the Early Church, Nancy
Enright
Chapter 3: Function and Focus: The Perspectives and Purposes of the Acta
Brevia, Francis J Hunter
Chapter 4: The Witness of Perpetua and Felicity: Fundamental Theological
Perspectives, Joseph R. Laracy
Chapter 5: The Medieval 'Turn' in the Narrative of Sts. Perpetua and
Felicitas: The Rhetoric of Spirituality in the Reframing of Martyrdom,
June-Ann Greeley
Chapter 6: Civil Disobedience and the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas,
Todd J. Stockdale
Chapter 7: The Africanity of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Ebere Bosco
Amakwe
Chapter 8: The Roman Political Reality of Christian Persecution in the
Second Century, Michael J.S. Bruno
Chapter 9: Perpetua's Heroic Resiliency: A Psychological Analysis of the
Source and Function of Perpetua's Visions, Samantha Mattheiss
About the Contributors