RT Book
T1 Thecla and medieval sainthood: the Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western hagiography
A2 Dabiri, Ghazzal 1975-
A2 Ruani, Flavia
LA English
PP Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1782150188
AB Saint Thecla in Ge'ez Hagiographical Literature: From Confessor to Martyr /   Damien Labadie -- The Reception of the Acts of Thecla in Armenia: Thecla as a Model of Representation for Holy Women in Ancient Armenian Literature / Valentina Calzolari -- A Medieval Sufi Thecla? Female Civic and Spiritual Leadership in 'Attār's "Tale of the Virtuous Woman" and the Life and Passion of Eugenia / Ghazzal Dabiri.
AB "It is an old, yet powerful story. A beautiful young woman falls in love, and try as they might, her disapproving family and friends fail to dissuade her from that love or keep her from her beloved. Persistent and uncompromising, the young woman disrupts the social order of her world, be it that of high school or high society. And by tale's end, either the lover and her beloved are integrated back into society, or a new world order arises (uneasily sometimes) out of the ashes. Perusing through a list of popular young adult novels, teen movies, and ancient romances, one may be struck by the sheer number of stories that follow this arc. The same storyline was also popular in the late antique and medieval periods. A subset of the latter, however, follow a slightly different track. They detail the lives and trials of women who have fallen deeply and irrevocably in love with the transcendental, namely the word of God, and some, even on pain of torture and death, claim Christ as their eternal bridegroom"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BX4662
SN 9781316519219
SN 9781009005050
K1 Thecla : Saint
K1 Acts of Paul and Thecla
K1 Christian hagiography : History and criticism
K1 HISTORY / Ancient / General
K1 Aufsatzsammlung