Birthing salvation : gender and class in early Christian childbearing discourse /

Birthing salvation : gender and class in early Christian childbearing discourse /

In Birthing Salvation Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women's childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how childbearing discourse interfaces with salvation discourse in three early Christian texts: the Pa...

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Main Author: Solevag, Anna Rebecca.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 121.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262416.

Subjects:

Bible. > New Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Salvation > Biblical teaching.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Childbirth > Biblical teaching.
Childbirth > Religious aspects > Christianity.

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Call Number: BS2545.S25 S64 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • On Waves, Discourses and Intersections
  • Greco-Roman Childbearing Discourse
  • The Pastoral Epistles
  • The Acts of Andrew
  • The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.