Reading Renunciation : Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity.

Reading Renunciation : Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity.

A study of how asceticism was promoted through Biblical interpretation, Reading Renunciation uses contemporary literary theory to unravel the writing strategies of the early Christian authors. Not a general discussion of early Christian teachings on celibacy and marriage, the book is a close examina...

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Main Author: Clark, Elizabeth A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001
Subjects:
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Asceticism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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