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Zusatztext a treasure trove of diverse, intelligent and exciting comment on one of the slipperiest but most rewarding texts of antiquity. Its greatest value is in the capacity for sudden gems of insight from all angles. The skill, range and open-mindedness of its contributors mean this is a volume guaranteed to be evocative for any interested reader Informationen zum Autor Jan N. Bremmer is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. Marco Formisano is Research Fellow at Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin. Klappentext Perpetua's Passions is a collection of studies about Perpetua, a young female Christian martyr who was executed in 203 AD. Like her spiritual guide, Saturus, Perpetua left a diary, and a few years after their deaths a fellow Christian collected these writings and supplied them with an introduction and epilogue: the so-called Passion of Perpetua. The result is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic works of antiquity, which the present volume examines from a wide range of perspectives: literary, narratological, historical, religious, psychological, and philosophical viewpoints follow upon a newly edited text and English translation (by Joseph Farrell and Craig Williams). This innovative treatment by a number of distinguished scholars not only complements its unique subject, but constitutes a kind of laboratory of new approaches to ancient texts. Zusammenfassung A collection of studies about the Passion of Perpetua, the diary written by the young Christian martyr Perpetua. This intriguing text is edited and translated before a team of distinguished scholars examine it from a wide range of perspectives: literary, narratological, historical, religious, psychological, and philosophical. Inhaltsverzeichnis Perpetua's Passions: A Brief Introduction The Passio Perpetuae': A Working Text and Translation I. The Martyr and her Gender 1: Jan N. Bremmer: Felicitas: The Martyrdom of a Young African Woman 2: Craig Williams: Perpetua's Gender. A Latinist Reads the `Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis' 3: Walter Ameling: `Femina liberaliter instituta': Some Thoughts on a Martyr's Liberal Education 4: Hanne Sigismund Nielsen: `Vibia Perpetua': An Indecent Woman 5: Jan Willem van Henten: The `Passio Perpetuae' and Jewish Martyrdom: The Motif of Motherly Love 6: Mieke Bal: Perpetual Contest 7: Julia Weitbrecht: Maternity and Sainthood in the Medieval Perpetua Legend II. Authority and Testimony 8: Jan den Boeft: The Editor's Prime Objective: `haec in aedificationem Ecclesiae legere' 9: Sigrid Weigel: Exemplum and Sacrifice, Blood Testimony and Written Testimony: Lucretia and Perpetua as Transitional Figures in the Cultural History of Martyrdom 10: Katharina Waldner: Visions, Prophecy and Authority in the `Passio Perpetuae' 11: Hartmut Böhme: The Conquest of the Real by the Imaginary: on the `Passio Perpetuae' 12: Giulia Sissa: Socrates' Passion 13: Luca Bagetto: `Nova exempla': The New Testament of the `Passio Perpetuae' III. The Text, the Canon, and the Margins 14: Christoph Markschies: The `Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis' and Montanism? 15: David Konstan: Perpetua's Martyrdom and the Metamorphosis of Narrative 16: Joseph Farrell: The Canonization of Perpetua 17: Philippe Mesnard: The Power of Uncertainty: Interpreting the `Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas' 18: Marco Formisano: Perpetua's Prisons: Notes on the Margins of Literature Epilogue ...
