Thecla and Medieval Sainthood: The Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western Hagiography

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Ghazzal Dabiri (University of Maryland, College Park) Flavia Ruani (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)

Thecla and Medieval Sainthood

The Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western Hagiography

Ghazzal Dabiri (University of Maryland, College Park), Flavia Ruani (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)

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Cambridge University Press
21 December 2023

European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Church history

Saint Thecla was one of the most prominent figures of early Christianity who provided a model of virginity and a role-model for women in the early Church. She was the object of cult and of pilgrimage and her tale in the Acts of Paul and Thecla made a tremendous impact on later hagiographies of both female and male saints. This volume explores this impact on medieval hagiographical texts composed in Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Greek, Irish, Latin, Persian, and Syriac. It investigates how they evoked and/or invoked Thecla and her tale in constructing the lives and story worlds of their chosen saints and offers detailed original readings of the lives of various heroines and heroes. The book adds further depth and nuance to our understanding of Thecla's popularity and the spread of her legend and cult.

Edited by: Ghazzal Dabiri (University of Maryland College Park), Flavia Ruani (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009005050
ISBN 10: 1009005057
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 21 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ghazzal Dabiri is an Iranist who specializes in narratives of kingship, kinship, and sainthood. She received her PhD from UCLA and has held positions at various institutions including Columbia University and currently the University of Maryland. A Fulbright Scholar, she also held a European Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at Ghent University. Flavia Ruani is a researcher at the Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes, CNRS, Paris. She specializes in late antique and medieval Syriac Christianity, focussing on religious controversies, manuscript studies, hagiography, and the history of Manichaeism. She has translated into French the Hymns against Heresies by Ephrem the Syrian (2018).

Reviews for Thecla and Medieval Sainthood: The Acts of Paul and Thecla in Eastern and Western Hagiography

'The book adds further depth and nuance to our understanding of Thecla's popularity and the spread of her legend and cult.' Johannes van Oort, Vigiliae Christianae '[This] book adds further depth and nuance to our understanding of Thecla's popularity and the spread of her legend and cult.' Mark Beumer, Kleio-Historia