Thecla and Medieval Sainthood The Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western Hagiography 1st Edition by Ghazzal Dabiri, Flavia Ruani ISBN 9781316519219 131651921X

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Author: Ghazzal Dabiri, Flavia Ruani

Thecla and Medieval Sainthood The Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western Hagiography 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I: An Act to Follow
Chapter 1: A Cainite Invocation of Thecla?: The Reception of the Acts of Paul in North Africa as Exemplified in Tertullian’s de Baptismo

• Introduction and Apologia

• Putting Together Tertullian’s de Baptismo, the Acts of Paul, and the Gospel of Judas

• Baptism within the Gospel of Judas and the Acts of Paul

• Tertullian’s Underlying Issue

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

Chapter 2: Saint Thecla in Geʿez Hagiographical Literature: From Confessor to Martyr

• Thecla in the Ethiopic Synaxarium: The “Crown of Confessors”

• An Unlabeled Martyr: Thecla in the Mashafa Tēqalā or Book of Thecla

• The Epistle of Pelagia: Thecla as a Model for an Undying Martyr

• An Inspiring Martyr: The Figure of Thecla in the Geʿez Martyrdom of Cyrus and John

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

Chapter 3: Versified Martyrs: The Reception of Thecla from the Latin West to Medieval Ireland

• Versified Martyrology

• Vernacular Biblical Verse Narrative

• Poetry in Praise of Virginity

• Rites for the Dying

• Rhythmic Prayers and Devotional Litanies

• Bibliography

Chapter 4: The Reception of the Acts of Thecla in Armenia: Thecla as a Model of Representation for Holy Women in Ancient Armenian Literature

• The Armenian Translation of the Syriac Acts of Thecla

• The Paradigm of the Holy Virgin and the Figure of Saint Hip’sime in Agathangelos’ History

• The Paradigm of the Holy Preacher in the Martyrdom of Thaddaeus and Sanduxt

• The Martyrdom of Photine

• The History of Armenia by Faustus of Byzantium

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

Chapter 5: Thecla Beyond Thecla: Secondary Characters in Syriac Hagiography

• Secondary Characters: An Indirect, Reinforcing, and Flexible Form of Reception

• Corresponding Imitation 1: Thomais in the Martyrdom of Febronia

• Corresponding Imitation 2: Abuzard in the Martyrdom of Bassus and Susanna

• Contrasting Imitation 1: A Supporting Partner in the Life of John of Tella

• Contrasting Imitation 2: Paul the Executioner in the Martyrdom of Thecla and Her Companions

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

Chapter 6: Shifting the Poetics of Gender Ambiguity: The Coptic Naturalization of Thecla

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

Part II: An Act to Surpass
Chapter 7: Thecla, the First Cross-Dresser?: The Acts of Paul and Thecla and the Lives of Byzantine Transvestite Saints

• The APT Revisited

• Thecla in the Greek Tradition

• Thecla and the Transvestite Saints

• From the APT to the Transvestite Saints: New Perspectives

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

Chapter 8: From Diotima to Thecla and Beyond: Virginal Voice in the Lives of Helia and Constantina

• Before Thecla: Diotima and Leucippe

• Thecla: Acts and Dialogue

• An Act to Follow Thecla’s: Helia

• A Speech to Follow Thecla’s: Constantina

• Girls with No Doors on Their Mouths

• Bibliography

Chapter 9: Reception and Rejection: Thecla and the Acts of Paul and Thecla in the Passion of Eugenia and Other Latin Texts

• Introduction

• Thecla as an Accepted Model

• Reception and Rejection in the Passions of Eugenia

• Concluding Remarks

• Bibliography

Chapter 10: A Medieval Sufi Thecla?: Female Civic and Spiritual Leadership in ʿAttār’s Tale of the Virtuous Woman and the Life and Passion of Eugenia

• Introduction: The Tale of the Virtuous Woman and Christian Lives of Female Saints

• ʿAttār and Versions of the Tale of the Virtuous Woman

• The Circulation of the APT and Life of Eugenia

• The Ilāhīnāmāh and the Ideal Sufi King

• Female Leadership, Independently Attained

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

Afterword: Thecla and the Power of an Open Story

• Bibliography

Appendix

1. Jeremy W. Barrier

2. Damien Labadie

3. Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh

4. Valentina Calzolari

5. Flavia Ruani

6. Arietta Papaconstantinou

7. Julie Van Pelt

8. Virginia Burrus

9. Klazina Staat

10. Ghazzal Dabiri

Index

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