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Redeemed bodies : women martyrs in early Christianity

Title
Redeemed bodies : women martyrs in early Christianity / Gail P.C. Streete.
Author
Streete, Gail Corrington, 1949-
Publication
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2009.

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Description
xii, 177 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Perpetua, Saint, -203
  • Felicity, Saint, -203
  • Thecla, Saint
  • Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis
  • Acts of Paul and Thecla
  • Christian women martyrs > Rome > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-163) and indexes.
Contents
The power of bodies -- Body talk : the martyr's "voice" -- Tough mothers and female contenders : Perpetua and Felicitas -- The nakedness of Thecla -- Why martyrs matter.
ISBN
  • 9780664233297 (alk. paper)
  • 0664233295 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2009001912
OCLC
  • ocn300720229
  • SCSB-1522842
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library