Preface
Abbreviations
Map
I. The Personae
II. The Date of the Passion
III. The Language of Composition
IV. The Latin Text
V. The English Translation
VI. The Commentary
VII. Manuscripts and Editions
VIII. The Greek Text
Bibliography
Indices:
Index Verborum
Index Nominum
Index Biblicus
General Index
Winner of the 2012 Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition
Thomas J. Heffernan is the Kenneth Curry Professor of the Humanities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
"This thick volume collects what readers would otherwise have to
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Christianity and hagiography."--Journal of Late Antiquity
"A felicitous translation, and a very detailed commentary on
historical, prosopographical, theological, and philosophical
issues." --Common Knowledge
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international, English readership. Heffernan's impressive book is
the fruit of many years of study and work. It covers nearly all
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Professor Heffernan has earned deep gratitude and admiration of all
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"Heffernan's edition, translation, and commentary of The Passion of
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Classical Review
"A meticulous line-by-line commentary" --Times Literary
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"Heffernan's comprehensive and critical treatment of the Passion of
Perpetua and Felicity offers specialists and other students of
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--Elizabeth Castelli, Professor and Chair of the Religion
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"This edition, translation, and comprehensive commentary will
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diary has captivated readers for almost 2000 years."
--Joyce E. Salisbury, author of Perpetua's Passion: Death and
Memory of a Young Roman Woman
"At last here is a detailed edition and commentary that provides a
close and much-needed analysis of the ancient texts in which this
remarkable narrative is preserved. Heffernan's careful discussion
of the historical context of Perpetua's martyrology shows how a
woman of Perpetua's social class was able to write such a vivid
account of her own experiences; it also explains how and why her
story was preserved, and became an inspiration to Christians
throughout
the ancient world."
--Mary Lefkowitz, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
emerita, Wellesley College
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