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The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs
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The Passion Narratives of Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and Their Fellow Martyrs
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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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Contents
- Introduction: Why Perpetua
- Part I: The Passio and Acta
- 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”
- Part II: Investigations
- Chapter 2: Perpetua and the Identity of Women in the Early Church
- Chapter 3: Function and Focus: The Perspectives and Purposes of the Acta Brevia
- Chapter 4: The Witness of Perpetua and Felicity: Fundamental Theological Perspectives
- Chapter 5: The Medieval “Turn” in the Narrative of Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas: The Rhetoric of Spirituality in the Reframing of Martyrdom
- Chapter 6: Civil Disobedience and the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas
- Chapter 7: The Africanity of Saints Perpetua and Felicity
- Chapter 8: The Roman Political Reality of Christian Persecution in the Second Century
- Chapter 9: Perpetua’s Heroic Resiliency: A Psychological Analysis of the Source and Function of Perpetua’s Visions
- About the Contributors