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| PERKINS, JUDY Suffering Self, The: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era London, United Kingdom, Routledge. 1995. (ISBN: 0415113636) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows how Christian narrative representation in the early empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding - the perception of the self as sufferer. Drawing on feminist and social theory, she addresses the question of why forms of suffering like martyrdom and self-mutilation were so important to early Christians. This study crosses the boundaries between ancient history and the study of early Christianity, seeing Christian representation in the context of the Greco-Roman world. The author draws parallels with suffering heroines in Greek novels and in martyr acts, and examines representations in medical and philosophical texts. This lively and controversial study is important reading for all those interested in ancient society, or in the history of Christianity. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.5 US$ 90.97 | JP¥ 7826] Book number: 002056 Click here to order or inquire at Bargain Bookstore. |
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