The Saint's saints : : hagiography and geography in Jerome / / by Susan Weingarten.
The Saint's Saints presents Jerome’s world picture as seen through his saints’ Lives . It analyses both his rhetoric and his descriptions of realia , and the way he combines classical, Christian and Jewish sources to re-write the biblical Holy Land as a new and Christian world for his readers....
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Ancient Judaism & early Christianity, v. 58 |
|---|---|
| : | |
| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
58. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | The Saint's Saints presents Jerome’s world picture as seen through his saints’ Lives . It analyses both his rhetoric and his descriptions of realia , and the way he combines classical, Christian and Jewish sources to re-write the biblical Holy Land as a new and Christian world for his readers. Susan Weingarten looks at how Jerome dovetails his literary sources with his experience of the material world of the fourth century to write the Lives of the saints Paul, Hilarion, Malchus and Paula, effectively using them to write the Life of Saint Jerome. This is the first full-length study of Jerome’s saints’ Lives . It widens the on-going debate about mutual influences in Jewish and Christian literature in the fourth century, and revises our picture of the historical geography of Palestine. |
|---|---|
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280907010 9786610907014 1429453079 9047407504 1433706989 |
| ISSN: | 0169-734X ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Susan Weingarten. |