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Suffering Self

Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era

by Judith Perkins

  • Hardback
  • 264 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2 cm

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The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows how Christian narrative representation in the early empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding - the perception of the self as sufferer. Drawing on feminist and social theory, she addresses the question of why forms of suffering like martyrdom and self-mutilation were so important to early Christians. This study crosses the boundaries between ancient history and the study of early Christianity, seeing Christian representation in the context of the Greco-Roman world. The author draws parallels with suffering heroines in Greek novels and in martyr acts, and examines representations in medical and philosophical texts. This lively and controversial study is important reading for all those interested in ancient society, or in the history of Christianity.
Suffering Self and Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era
Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian EraSuffering Self

  • Author

    Judith Perkins

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    July 1995

  • Weight

    491g

  • Page Count

    264

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415113632

  • ISBN-10

    0415113636

  • Eden Code

    1191948

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