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ISBN/UID: 9780812244458
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 11 October 2012
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The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrifying diseases. In such narratives, health and illness might signify the sanctity of the ascetic, or ...
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238 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812244458
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 11 October 2012
Description
The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrifying diseases. In such narratives, health and illness might signify the sanctity of the ascetic, or ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings