J. D. McLarty: Thecla's Devotion

Cover: 9780227176573 | Thecla's Devotion | J. D. McLarty | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2019

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Beschreibung

Thecla's Devotion studies plot and character within the Thekla episode of the Acts of Paul, reading the text against contemporary pagan romance in order to explore Christian identity formation.

Über den Autor

J.D. McLarty is Senior Tutor of Wolfson College and Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. J.D. McLarty's first degree was in Classics at Girton College, Cambridge; after a 5 year stint in the City she returned to Cambridge where she has taught New Testament Greek for the Faculty of Divinity for a number of years.

Zusammenfassung

An investigation of the narrative devices used in the Thecla episode of the Acts of Paul, and their parallels with contemporary pagan fiction.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Contexts

Part 1 - Plot
Chapter 2. Reading the Plot
Chapter 3. The Reader's Journey
Chapter 4. Time
Chapter 5. Space and Place
Part 1 Conclusions: the affective force of the plot

Part 2 - Character
Chapter 6. Emotion and Characterisation
Chapter 7. Characterisation in Callirhoe
Chapter 8. Characterisation in the Acts of Thecla
Part 2 Conclusions: the characterisation of the Acts of Thecla read against Callirhoe

Chapter 9. Emotion and Identity in the Acts of Thecla

Appendix: The Plot of Callirhoe
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Christentum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780227176573
ISBN-10:	022717657X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	McLarty, J. D.
Hersteller:	James Clarke & Co.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	J. D. McLarty
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.01.2019
Gewicht:	0,409 kg