Maidens, magic and martyrs in early christianity.
Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Section I: Aspects of Early Christianity -- Chapter 1: Why Did Jesus' Followers Call Themselves 'Christians'? -- 1. The Importance of Christ -- 2. Christian and pagan adhesion to one god -- 3. Jesus' followers as 'Christians' -- Chapter 2: The Social and Religious Capital of the Early Christians -- 1. Charity -- 2. Interconnectedness -- 3. Family aspects -- 4. Bonding and bridging -- 5. Religious capital -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Why Did Early Christianity Attract Upper-class Women? -- Chapter 4: Pauper or Patroness: the Widow in theEarly Christian Church -- 1. Jesus and the first Palestine congregations -- 2. The Greek world -- 3. The Roman world -- 4. Syria and Egypt -- 5. The Christian Empire -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Peregrinus' Christian Career -- Chapter 6: The Domestication of Early Christian Prophecy -- 1. The situation in Paul's time -- 2. The situation around AD 100 -- 3. Montanism or the revival of prophecy -- 4. Preliminary conclusions -- 5. The Ascension of Isaiah and ecstatic prophecy -- Section II: Studies in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostlesand the Pseudo-Clementines -- Chapter 7: Women in the Acts of John -- 1. Lycomedes and Cleopatra (19-29) -- 2. Andronicus and Drusiana (63-86) -- 3. Old women and widows (30-7) -- 4. Conclusion -- Appendix: date and place of composition of the Acts of John -- Chapter 8: Man, Magic, and Martyrdom in the Acts of Andrew -- 1. Males and females -- 2. Magic and exorcism -- 3. Martyrdom -- Chapter 9: Aspects of the Acts of Peter: Women, Magic, Place and Date -- 1. Women -- 2. Demons and magic -- 3. Place of origin and date of the APt -- Chapter 10: Magic, Martyrdom and Women's Liberation in the Acts of Paul and Thecla -- 1. Paul and Thecla in Iconium -- 3. Paul and Thecla in Antioch
电子图书, English, 2017
Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen, Germany, 2017