The suffering self
pain and narrative representation in early Christian era
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Word Count
63,500 words, Guess
Page Count
254 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1116551M
- ISBN-100415113636
- OCLC Control Number50760750
- OCLC Control Number503423036
- Library of Congress Control Number94042650
and 2 more
- LibraryThing791069
- Goodreads4735076
Classifications
- DDC272/.1
- LCCBR195.S93 P47 1995
Description
The Suffering Self is a controversial 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 themes of martyrdom and bodily suffering were so prevalent in early Christian texts. This study crosses the boundaries between ancient history and the study of early Christianity in the context of the Greco-Roman world. Perkins draws parallels with suffering heroines in Greek novels and in martyr acts and examines representations in medical and philosophical texts. The Suffering Self is important reading for all those interested in ancient society, or in the history of Christianity.
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