Life of Saint Helia - Critical Edition, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary

Zusatztext This volume of the Oxford Early Christian Texts provides the public with an extremely well-edited text as well as an eminently practical and excellent summary. The Vita Heliae, hidden for many centuries, can finally get the attention it deserves. Virginia Burrus is Professor of Early Church History and Chair of the Graduate Division of Religion at Drew University, Marco Conti is Professor of Classics at Chicago Loyola University, John Felice Center. Klappentext A critical edition of The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance. This remarkable text records a highly polemical debate between a young girl Helia and her mother regarding the relative merits of virginity and marriage, followed by a dialogue between Helia and a bishop, and a debate between Helia and a judge. Zusammenfassung A critical edition of The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance. This remarkable text records a highly polemical debate between a young girl Helia and her mother regarding the relative merits of virginity and marriage, followed by a dialogue between Helia and a bishop, and a debate between Helia and a judge. Preface ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Text and Translation ; Commentary ; Works Cited ; Index of Biblical Passages ; General Index

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• Authors: Virginia Burrus, Virginia (Professor of Early Church Histor Burrus, Virginia Conti Burrus, Marco Conti
• Assisted by: Virginia Burrus (Editor), Virginia (Professor of Early Church History and Chair of the Graduate Division of Religion Burrus (Editor), Burrus Virginia (Editor), Marco Conti (Editor), Marco (Professor of Classics Conti (Editor), Conti Marco (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2014
• EAN: 9780199672639
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967263-9
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Ancient History, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, RELIGION / Christian Living / Family & Relationships, The Early Church, Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships