B. Diane Lipsett

Desiring Conversion (eBook, ePUB)

Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Self-restraint may appear to be the opposite of erotic desire. But in this careful literary analysis, Diane Lipsett traces the intriguing interplay of desire and self-restraint in three ancient Christian or Jewish tales of conversion, analyzing "conversion" itself as an effect of story, a function of narrative texture and coherence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190208516
• Artikelnr.: 40849345

Autorenporträt

Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Wake Forest University School of Divinity

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1.: Introduction
2.: Scrutinizing Desire: Hermas, Metanoia, and Manliness
3.: Thecla and the Apostle's Lure
4.: Aseneth and the Sublime Turn
5.: Conclusion: The Narrativity of Desire, Restraint, and Conversion
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