Saint Thecla, an immensely popular figure of early Christianity, inspired bishops, saints, emperors, church fathers, ordinary readers, and hagiographers who viewed her as an exemplary model. This volume explores the impact of her story on medieval hagiography written in a variety of languages across Eurasia and North Africa.
Saint Thecla, an immensely popular figure of early Christianity, inspired bishops, saints, emperors, church fathers, ordinary readers, and hagiographers who viewed her as an exemplary model. This volume explores the impact of her story on medieval hagiography written in a variety of languages across Eurasia and North Africa.
Introduction Ghazzal Dabiri; Part I. An Act to Follow: 1. A Cainite invocation of Thecla? The reception of the Acts of Paul in North Africa as exemplified in Tertullian's de Baptismo Jeremy W. Barrier; 2. Saint Thecla in Ge ez hagiographical literature: From confessor to martyr Damien Labadie; 3. Versified martyrs: The reception of Thecla from the Latin West to Medieval Ireland Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh; 4. The reception of the Acts of Thecla in Armenia: Thecla as a model of representation for holy women in ancient Armenian literature Valentina Calzolari; 5. Thecla beyond Thecla: Secondary characters in Syriac hagiography Flavia Ruani; 6. Shifting the poetics of gender ambiguity: The Coptic naturalisation of Thecla Arietta Papaconstantinou; Part II. An Act To Surpass: 7. Thecla, the first cross-dresser? The Acts of Paula and Thecla and the lives of Byzantine transvestite saints Julie Van Pelt; 8. From Diotima to Thecla and beyond: Virginal voice in the lives of Helia and Constantina Virginia Burrus; 9. Reception and rejection: Thecla and the Acts of Paul and Thecla in the Passion of Eugenia and other Latin texts Klazina Staat; 10. A medieval Sufi Thecla? Female civic and spiritual leadership in Att r's Tale of the Virtuous Woman and the Life and Passion of Eugenia Ghazzal Dabiri; Afterword: Thecla and the power of an open story Kate Cooper.
Introduction Ghazzal Dabiri; Part I. An Act to Follow: 1. A Cainite invocation of Thecla? The reception of the Acts of Paul in North Africa as exemplified in Tertullian's de Baptismo Jeremy W. Barrier; 2. Saint Thecla in Ge ez hagiographical literature: From confessor to martyr Damien Labadie; 3. Versified martyrs: The reception of Thecla from the Latin West to Medieval Ireland Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh; 4. The reception of the Acts of Thecla in Armenia: Thecla as a model of representation for holy women in ancient Armenian literature Valentina Calzolari; 5. Thecla beyond Thecla: Secondary characters in Syriac hagiography Flavia Ruani; 6. Shifting the poetics of gender ambiguity: The Coptic naturalisation of Thecla Arietta Papaconstantinou; Part II. An Act To Surpass: 7. Thecla, the first cross-dresser? The Acts of Paula and Thecla and the lives of Byzantine transvestite saints Julie Van Pelt; 8. From Diotima to Thecla and beyond: Virginal voice in the lives of Helia and Constantina Virginia Burrus; 9. Reception and rejection: Thecla and the Acts of Paul and Thecla in the Passion of Eugenia and other Latin texts Klazina Staat; 10. A medieval Sufi Thecla? Female civic and spiritual leadership in Att r's Tale of the Virtuous Woman and the Life and Passion of Eugenia Ghazzal Dabiri; Afterword: Thecla and the power of an open story Kate Cooper.
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