A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha

Name: A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Amy-Jill Levine

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The eleventh volume in this series examines New Testament Apocryphal texts, including the Acts of Paul and Thecla, the Acts of John, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Peter, the Martyrdom of Perpetua, the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, the Acts of Andrew, the Acts of Thomas, and the Apocalypse of Peter, as well as Joseph and Asenath, the Irish apocrypha, and the Greek novels. In this diverse collection the contributors utilize a variety of approaches to explore topics such as the construction of Christian identity, the Christian martyr, heterodoxy and orthodoxy, conjugal ethics and apostolic homewreckers, trials and temptations, the rhetoric of the body, asceticism, and eroticism.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 304
Release Date:: 2006-06-29
Publication Date:: 2006-06-29
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0826466885
ISBN13:: 9780826466884
Weight:: 465 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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