Flesh made word :saints' stories and the Western imagination /Aviad Kleinberg ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Flesh made word :saints' stories and the Western imagination /Aviad Kleinberg ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Description

Sanctity -- The beginnings -- On the way to heaven : Perpetua's passion -- The ascetics -- Antony, the first hermit -- The ascetic pendulum -- Paul, an ascetic in paradise -- Suspended between heaven and earth : Simeon stylites -- Saints' stories and the rise of a popular literature -- Francis of Assisi, a joyful ascetic -- Fra Ginepro, the holy fool -- The golden legend. xii, 340 p. ;25 cm.

Book Details

Author

Kleinberg, Aviad M.

Place Published

City

Cambridge, Mass.

Date Published

2008

Publication Subjects

Christian saints. Church history.

Call No.

BX4655.3 .K5413 2008

ISBN

9780674026476 (hardback : alk. paper), 0674026470 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007031305

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-328) and index.