The ancient novel and early Christian and Jewish narrative
Subtitle: fictional intersections
By: edited by Marília P. Futre Pinheiro; Judith Perkins; Richard Pervo
Contributors: International Conference on the Ancient Novel (4th : 2008 : Lisbon, Portugal)
Series: Ancient Narrative Supplementum -- 16; Ancient narrative -- 16.
Publisher: Barkhuis; Groningen University Library
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eelde; Groningen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9789491431210
Subjects: Classical fiction; History and criticism; Classical literature
Description: This innovative collection explores the vital role played by fictional narratives in Christian and Jewish self-fashioning in the early Roman imperial period. Employing a diversity of approaches, including cultural studies, feminist, philological, and narratological, expert scholars from six countries offer twelve essays on Christian fictions or fictionalized texts and one essay on Aseneth. All the papers were originally presented at the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel in Lisbon Portugal in 2008. The papers emphasize historical contextualization and comparative methodologies and will appeal to all those interested in early Christianity, the Ancient novel, Roman imperial history, feminist studies, and canonization processes.
Notes: Selected papers presented at the fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel, titled "Crossroads in the Ancient Novel: Spaces Frontiers, Intersections" held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.