Perpetua : athlete of god / Barbara K. Gold.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Women in antiquity.
Main Author: Gold, Barbara K., 1945- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Series:Women in antiquity.
Subjects:
Perpetua, > Saint, > -203.
Christian women saints > Biography.
Christian women martyrs > Biography.
Christian women martyrs.
Christian women saints.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:viii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Perpetua's Passio: text, authorship, authenticity
  • And I became male: gender and the athlete
  • A matter of genre and influence: the Passio and Greco-Roman pagan and Christian narratives
  • Carthage: pagan culture, religion, and society in the High Roman Empire
  • Carthage: the early Christian community
  • Perpetua's life: family (natal and Christian), education, and social status
  • The conditions of martyrdom in the High Roman Empire
  • The Nachleben of Perpetua: her unwitting legacy.