The Life and Miracles of Thekla: A Literary Study

by Scott Fitzgerald Johnson

The Life and Miracles of Thekla offers a unique view on the reception of classical and early Christian literature in Late Antiquity. This study examines the Life and Miracles as an intricate example of Greek writing and attempts to situate the work amidst a wealth of similar literary forms from the classical world. The first half of the Life and Miracles is an erudite paraphrase of the famous second-century Acts of Paul and Thekla...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067401961X
• ISBN13: 9780674019614
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"