Cult of Saint Thecla - A Tradition of Women''s Piety in Late Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Stephen J. Davis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University. Klappentext Thecla! a disciple of the apostle Paul! became perhaps the most celebrated female saint and 'martyr' in the early church. Bringing together literary! artistic! and archaeological evidence! the author shows how the cult of Saint Thecla was especially popular among early Christian women. Zusammenfassung Thecla, a disciple of the apostle Paul, became perhaps the most celebrated female saint and 'martyr' in the early church. Bringing together literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence, the author shows how the cult of Saint Thecla was especially popular among early Christian women. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: The Cult of St Thecla in Asia Minor 1: Origins of the Thecla Cult 2: The Cult of Thecla at Seleucia in Asia Minor II: The Cult of Saint Thecla in Egypt 3: Thecla Devotion Among Ascetic Women in Alexandria 4: Pilgrimage and the Cult of Saint Thecla in the Mareotis 5: The Spread of Thecla Devotion Outside Alexandria and Its Environs

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• Authors: Stephen J. Davis, Stephen J. (Associate Professor of Religiou Davis, Davis Stephen J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9780199548712
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954871-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies; Oxford Early Christian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Christentum, Egypt, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Cults, RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Turkey, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Christian and quasi-Christian cults and sects, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Orthodox & Oriental Churches