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Book Out of the Shadows  the Acts of Paul and Thecla

Download or read book Out of the Shadows the Acts of Paul and Thecla written by Bernard Brandon Scott and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thecla is one of the strangest characters from Christianity's past. She falls in love with the apostle Paul's teaching on continence, twice faces martyrdom, fights with beasts in the arena, cuts her hair, cross-dresses, baptizes herself, and becomes a preacher. Tertullian tried to silence her story and the Pastoral Epistles warned about women like her. The Acts of Paul and Thecla was widespread and popular but then was hidden away in the Apocrypha. In recent years, Thecla has come out of the shadows. Her story reframes conventional views of second-century Jesus communities. Out of the Shadows offers a vibrant and accessible modern translation and commentary.

Book Out of the Shadows  the Acts of Paul and Thecla

Download or read book Out of the Shadows the Acts of Paul and Thecla written by Bernard Brandon Scott and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thecla is one of the strangest characters from Christianity's past. She falls in love with the apostle Paul's teaching on continence, twice faces martyrdom, fights with beasts in the arena, cuts her hair, cross-dresses, baptizes herself, and becomes a preacher. Tertullian tried to silence her story and the Pastoral Epistles warned about women like her. The Acts of Paul and Thecla was widespread and popular but then was hidden away in the Apocrypha. In recent years, Thecla has come out of the shadows. Her story reframes conventional views of second-century Jesus communities. Out of the Shadows offers a vibrant, and accessible modern translation and commentary.

Book Saint Thecla

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rosie Andrious
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2020-09-17
  • ISBN : 0567691799
  • Pages : 247 pages

Download or read book Saint Thecla written by Rosie Andrious and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume questions the prevailing 'female empowering' interpretation of Thecla in the Acts of Paul and Thecla. Rosie Andrious examines the way that Thecla is voyeuristically paraded and subjected to a kind of sado-erotic torture, and demonstrates how this perception clashes with any notion that she is presented as a positive role-model for a woman. Rather, Andrious sets this discourse about female 'self-control' and 'chastity' over against the wider narrative of Christian men struggling against the invasive violence of Rome and suggests that the victimized, voyeuristic female representation of Thecla has very little to do with women and is, rather, a complex literary text that represents a power struggle between men. The ideological function of Thecla is therefore, as a constructed body that transcends its 'natural' feminine weakness. Andrious thus provides an original interpretative framework for understanding Thelca's representation, and suggests a completely new way of seeing the saint.

Book Lights and Shadows of Church Life

Download or read book Lights and Shadows of Church Life written by John Stoughton and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ancient Christian Martyrdom

Download or read book Ancient Christian Martyrdom written by Candida R. Moss and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using perspectives on death from ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish traditions, a theology professor discusses the history of Christian martyrdom and challenges the traditional understanding of the spread of Christianity.

Book Shadows in the Dark

Download or read book Shadows in the Dark written by John Rooney and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the 1st period of the Christian church in Pakistan from St. Thomas, Ahmadyya, beliefs that Jesus lived and died in Kashmir, Christians in Persia & their migration to Pakistan, & Muslim missionary work.

Book The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period Before Irenaeus

Download or read book The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period Before Irenaeus written by Andrew F. Gregory and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2003 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When and how may Christians first be shown to have used the Gospel of Luke and its companion volume, The Acts of the Apostles? Andrew Gregory offers the first book-length discussion of the reception of Luke and of Acts in the period before Irenaeus. The research project which was the basis of this monograph was originally conceived as a comparison of the pneumatology of Luke-Acts with the pneumatologies presented in Christian literature of the second century. Recent scholarship on Lukan pneumatology is agreed that Luke has a particular interest in the Spirit, but it is divided as to whether his pneumatology is part of a homogenous early Christian understanding or a distinctive presentation that is to be sharply differentiated from that of Matthew and Mark, of John, and of Paul. Noting a lacuna identified by Turner, the author set out to originally ask two questions. First, whether it might be possible to identify in second century pneumatologies any characteristics that New Testament scholars might label as distinctively Lukan. Second, whether such characteristics might be sufficient to indicate not only the influence of Lukan pneumatology but also a conscious appropriation of distinctively Lukan theology by other early Christians. Contents include: Introduction and methodology, Previous research, The evidence of the earliest manuscripts and notices, Do narrative outlines of episodes in the life of Jesus presuppose Luke?, Collections of the sayings of Jesus, Marcion, Justin Martyr, The reception of Luke in the Second Century, The reception of Acts in the Second Century, Early and Ambiguous Evidence, Justin Martyr, Narrative accounts explicitly concerning the Post-resurrection teaching of Jesus and the activity of Apostles and other prominent figures, The reception of Acts in the Period before Irenaeus, The reception of Luke and Acts in the Period before Irenaeus."

Book Thecla and Medieval Sainthood

Download or read book Thecla and Medieval Sainthood written by Ghazzal Dabiri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Thecla was one of the most prominent figures of early Christianity who provided a model of virginity and a role-model for women in the early Church. She was the object of cult and of pilgrimage and her tale in the Acts of Paul and Thecla made a tremendous impact on later hagiographies of both female and male saints. This volume explores this impact on medieval hagiographical texts composed in Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Greek, Irish, Latin, Persian, and Syriac. It investigates how they evoked and/or invoked Thecla and her tale in constructing the lives and story worlds of their chosen saints and offers detailed original readings of the lives of various heroines and heroes. The book adds further depth and nuance to our understanding of Thecla's popularity and the spread of her legend and cult.

Book Trafficking with Demons

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  • Author : Martha Rampton
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2022-01-15
  • ISBN : 1501735306
  • Pages : 478 pages

Download or read book Trafficking with Demons written by Martha Rampton and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trafficking with Demons explores how magic was perceived, practiced, and prohibited in western Europe during the first millennium CE. Through the overlapping frameworks of religion, ritual, and gender, Martha Rampton connects early Christian reckonings with pagan magic to later doctrines and dogmas. Challenging established views on the role of women in ritual magic during this period, Rampton provides a new narrative of the ways in which magic was embedded within the foundational assumptions of western European society, informing how people understood the cosmos, divinity, and their own Christian faith. As Rampton shows, throughout the first Christian millennium, magic was thought to play a natural role within the functioning of the universe and existed within a rational cosmos hierarchically arranged according to a "great chain of being." Trafficking with the "demons of the lower air" was the essense of magic. Interactions with those demons occurred both in highly formalistic, ritual settings and on a routine and casual basis. Rampton tracks the competition between pagan magic and Christian belief from the first century CE, when it was fiercest, through the early Middle Ages, as atavistic forms of magic mutated and found sanctuary in the daily habits of the converted peoples and new paganisms entered Europe with their own forms of magic. By the year 1000, she concludes, many forms of magic had been tamed and were, by the reckoning of the elite, essentially ineffective, as were the women who practiced it and the rituals that attended it.

Book Prophets of Love

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  • Author : Matthew R. Anderson
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2023-09-15
  • ISBN : 0228018668
  • Pages : 121 pages

Download or read book Prophets of Love written by Matthew R. Anderson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard Cohen and the Apostle Paul might be imagined as brothers with wildly different characters but a strong family resemblance. Paul, the elder sibling, was awkward, abrasive, and zealous. Leonard, the successful younger brother, was a smooth-talking romantic, prone to addiction and depression. Paul died a martyr, not knowing his words would have any effect on the world. Leonard could see his canonization within his lifetime. Yet each became a prophet in his own time, and a poet for the ages. In Prophets of Love Matthew Anderson traces surprising connections between two Jewish thinkers separated by millennia. He explores Leonard's and Paul’s mysticism, their Judaism, their fascination with Jesus, their countercultural perspectives on sex, their ideas about love, and how they each embodied being men. Anderson considers their ambiguous relationships with women, on whom they depended and from whom they often profited, as well as how their legacies continue to evolve and be re-interpreted. This book emphasizes that Paul was first and foremost a Jew, and never rejected his Judaism. At the same time, it sheds new light on the biblical worldviews and language underlying and inspiring every line of Cohen’s poetry. Prophets of Love alters our views of both Leonard Cohen and the Apostle Paul, re-introducing us to two poetic prophets of divine and human love.

Book First and Second Thessalonians  Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture

Download or read book First and Second Thessalonians Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture written by Nathan Eubank and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This final volume in the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture New Testament series interprets First and Second Thessalonians from within the living tradition of the Church. Nathan Eubank recovers interpretations of these Pauline letters from the ancient and medieval church as he explores their historical and theological significance. Attractively packaged and accessibly written, this commentary series relates Scripture to Christian life today.

Book The Acts of   Martyrdom of St  Matthew the Apostle  Holy Apostle Andrew  Andrew and Matthias  Paul and Thecla  Peter and Andrew  Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

Download or read book The Acts of Martyrdom of St Matthew the Apostle Holy Apostle Andrew Andrew and Matthias Paul and Thecla Peter and Andrew Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian written by unknown and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle. Acts and Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Andrew. Acts of Andrew and Matthias Acts of Paul and Thecla. Acts of Peter and Andrew. Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. Acts of the Holy Apostle Thaddæus, Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas. Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas, When He Came into India, and Built the Palace in the Heavens. About the Dragon and the Young Man. About the Demon that Dwelt in the Woman. About the Young Man Who Killed the Maiden. Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The Story of Perpetua. The Acts of Barnabus. The Acts of Philip. Acts of Saint Philip the Apostle When He Went to Upper Hellas. Addition to Acts of Philip. The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena. Introduction. Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca.

Book Forbidden Texts on the Western Frontier

Download or read book Forbidden Texts on the Western Frontier written by Tony Burke and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North American study of the Christian Apocrypha is known principally for its interest in using noncanonical texts to reconstruct the life and teachings of Jesus, and for its support of Walter Bauer's theory on the development of early Christianity. The papers in this volume, presented in September 2013 at York University in Toronto, challenge that simplistic assessment by demonstrating that U.S. and Canadian scholarship on the Christian Apocrypha is rich and diverse. The topics covered in the papers include new developments in the study of canon formation, the interplay of Christian Apocrypha and texts from the Nag Hammadi library, digital humanities resources for reconstructing apocryphal texts, and the value of studying late-antique apocrypha. Among the highlights of the collection are papers from a panel by three celebrated New Testament scholars reassessing the significance of the Christian Apocrypha for the study of the historical Jesus. Forbidden Texts on the Western Frontier demonstrates the depth and breadth of Christian Apocrypha studies in North America and offers a glimpse at the achievements that lie ahead in the field.

Book The Acts of Paul

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  • Author : Richard I. Pervo
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2014-03-17
  • ISBN : 163087146X
  • Pages : 398 pages

Download or read book The Acts of Paul written by Richard I. Pervo and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most complete translation of the Acts of Paul in English, together with a detailed commentary. The orientation is primarily literary, with detailed attention to the history of composition and revision. Unlike many studies, this commentary does not focus upon the story of Thecla.

Book The Tablet

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1904
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1050 pages

Download or read book The Tablet written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Women of Early Christianity

Download or read book The Women of Early Christianity written by Lina Eckenstein and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Feminist Companion to Mariology

Download or read book A Feminist Companion to Mariology written by Amy-Jill Levine and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The twelve essays in this volume explore, through various approaches, not only the biblical portraits of Mary but also both "the quest for the historical Mary" and the understandings of those portraits through the centuries."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved