Andrew Cain

The Letters of Jerome

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

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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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• 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