Thecla's Devotion: Narrative, Emotion and Identity in the Acts of Paul and Thecla

by Jane McLarty

Book Overview

Second century apocryphal Christian texts are Christian fiction: they draw on the motifs of contemporary pagan stories of romance, travel and adventure to entertain their readers, but also to explore what it means to be Christian. The Thecla episodein the Apocryphal Acts of Paul recounts the conversion of a young pagan woman, her rejection of marriage, her narrow escapes from martyrdom and the end of her story as an independent, ascetic evangelist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022717657X
• ISBN13: 9780227176573
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"