The life and miracles of Thekla
Subtitle: a literary study
By: by Scott Fitzgerald Johnson.
Contributors: Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Series: Hellenic studies series ;; v. 13; Hellenic studies ;; 13.
Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Thecla, Saint -- Legends -- History and criticism; Praxeis tes Hagias Apostolou kai Martyros tou Christou Theklas, kai thaumata; Christian women saints -- Legends -- History and criticism; Miracles -- History of doctrines; Christian hagiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Paraphrase in practice : the life of Thekla and literary inheritance in late antiquity; title: Biblical rewriting and the metaphrastic habit : the life of Thekla within the history of ancient paraphrase; title: History, narrative, and miracle in late antique Seleukeia; title: Greek wonders : classical models for Christian miracle collections.