Maximos the Confessor - Androprimacy and Sexual Difference

This Element overviews the exegetical and medical-anthropological precedents that framed Maximos thinking on this subject and examines some of his key texts, including his famed Difficulty 41 and several passages centered on explicating Eve and Adam, Mary and Christ.

List of contents

1. Androprimacy and the Sexed Body in Late Antiquity; 2. A New Reading of Difficulty; 3. Eve and Mary in Maximos' Exegesis; Conclusion; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Luis Josue Sales, Luis Josue (Scripps College) Sales, Luis Josué Salés
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009492195
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949219-5
• No. of pages: 76
• Series: Elements in Early Christian Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Ancient Greece, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Nature & existence of God, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine