The Fate of the Dead in Early Third Century North African Christianity : The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas and Tertullian
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity
ISBN-10
3161529448
ISBN-13
9783161529443
Publisher
Mohr Siebeck
Imprint
Mohr Siebeck
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 24th, 2014
Print length
265 Pages
Weight
414 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.80 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Comparative religionInterfaith relationsChurch historyChristian theology
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The ideology and imagery in the Passion of Perpetua are mediated heavily by traditional Graeco-Roman culture; in particular, by traditional notions of the afterlife and of the ascent of the soul. This context for understanding the Passion of Perpetua aligns well with the available material evidence, and with the writings of Tertullian, with whose ideology the text of Perpetua is in an implicit polemical dialogue. Eliezer Gonzalez analyzes how the Passion of Perpetua provides us with early literary evidence of an environment in which the Graeco-Roman and Christian cults of the dead, including the cults of the martyrs and saints, appear to be very much aligned. He also shows that the text of the Passion of Perpetua and the writings of Tertullian provide insights into an early stage in the polemic between these two conceptualisations of the afterlife of the righteous.
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