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The Life of Thecla: Apocryphal Expansion in Late Antiquity

By Andrew S. Jacobs

Book information

Publisher
Cascade Books
Year
2024
ISBN
1666746401, 9781666746402
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
887 kB (908590 bytes)
Series
Westar Tools and Translations; 11
Pages
120\0
Time added
2024-06-17 05:23:31

Description

Thecla was one of the most venerated saints in late antiquity. One of her followers created the Life of Thecla as an act of devotion in the fifth century, rewriting the popular Acts of Thecla and transforming it into the heroic saga of a saint. Replete with long speeches, dramatic flourishes, and literary flamboyance, the Life of Thecla gives modern readers insight into the ways a gender-bending apostolic saint could be reframed and reimagined for later audiences. This first modern English translation of the Life explores its relationship with the earlier Acts as well as its place in fifth-century concerns about miracles, healing, sainthood, and sexuality.

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