Birthing salvation : : gender and class in early Christian childbearing discourse / / by Anna Rebecca Solevåg.

In Birthing Salvation Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women’s childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how childbearing discourse interfaces with salvation discourse in three early Christian texts: the Pastora...

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Superior document:Biblical interpretation series, volume 121
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2013.
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Biblical interpretation series ; v. 121.
Physical Description:1 online resource (301 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • On Waves, Discourses and Intersections
  • Greco-Roman Childbearing Discourse
  • The Pastoral Epistles
  • The Acts of Andrew
  • The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.