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Perpetua : athlete of God / Barbara K. Gold.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford scholarship online | Women in antiquityDescription: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9780190905316 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 272.1092 23
LOC classification:
  • BR1720.P42 G65 2018
Online resources: Summary: This work is an overview of the Christian martyr Perpetua's life and the cultural, religious, political, literary, social, and physical contexts in which she lived. It does not attempt to be a full biography of Perpetua because we do not have enough information about her. It discusses the narrative work in Latin, the Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis, composed by her and by her editor while she was awaiting execution, and its authenticity.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work is an overview of the Christian martyr Perpetua's life and the cultural, religious, political, literary, social, and physical contexts in which she lived. It does not attempt to be a full biography of Perpetua because we do not have enough information about her. It discusses the narrative work in Latin, the Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis, composed by her and by her editor while she was awaiting execution, and its authenticity.

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