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

Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
	The Acts of Thecla: A Tale of Reversals, Replacements, and Disruptions
	The Tale of Reversal Continues: Imitatio Theclae or Stories of Imitation and Emulation
	The Aims of the Volume
	Bibliography
Part I An Act to Follow
	Chapter 1 A Cainite Invocation of Thecla?: The Reception of the Acts of Paul in North Africa as Exemplified in Tertullian's de Baptismo
		Introduction and Apologia
		Putting Together Tertullian's de Baptismo, the Acts of Paul, and the Gospel of Judas
		Baptism within the Gospel of Judas and the Acts of Paul
		Tertullian's Underlying Issue
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 2 Saint Thecla in Geʿez Hagiographical Literature: From Confessor to Martyr
		Thecla in the Ethiopic Synaxarium: The ''Crown of Confessors''
		An Unlabeled Martyr: Thecla in the Mashafa Tēqalā or Book of Thecla
		The Epistle of Pelagia: Thecla as a Model for an Undying Martyr
		An Inspiring Martyr: The Figure of Thecla in the Geʿez Martyrdom of Cyrus and John
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 3 Versified Martyrs: The Reception of Thecla from the Latin West to Medieval Ireland
		Versified Martyrology
		Vernacular Biblical Verse Narrative
		Poetry in Praise of Virginity
		Rites for the Dying
		Rhythmic Prayers and Devotional Litanies
		Bibliography
	Chapter 4 The Reception of the Acts of Thecla in Armenia: Thecla as a Model of Representation for Holy Women in Ancient Armenian Literature
		The Armenian Translation of the Syriac Acts of Thecla
		The Paradigm of the Holy Virgin and the Figure of Saint Hip'sime in Agathangelos' History as an Epigone of Thecla
		The Paradigm of the Holy Preacher, Modeled on Thecla, in the Martyrdom of Thaddaeus and Sanduxt
		The Martyrdom of Photine
		Thecla, Patroness of Nicene Orthodoxy, in the History of Armenia by Faustus of Byzantium: The Miracles of Thecla by Pseudo-Basil as a Source
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 5 Thecla beyond Thecla: Secondary Characters in Syriac Hagiography
		Secondary Characters: An Indirect, Reinforcing, and Flexible Form of Reception
		Corresponding Imitation 1: Thomais, a Second Tryphaena in the Martyrdom of Febronia
		Corresponding Imitation 2: Abuzard the Predator in the Martyrdom of Bassus and Susanna
		Contrasting Imitation 1: A Supporting Partner and an Accepting Mother in the Life of John of Tella
		Contrasting Imitation 2: Paul the Executioner in the Martyrdom of Thecla and Her Companions
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 6 Shifting the Poetics of Gender Ambiguity: The Coptic Naturalization of Thecla
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
Part II An Act to Surpass
	Chapter 7 Thecla, the First Cross-Dresser?: The Acts of Paul and Thecla and the Lives of Byzantine Transvestite Saints
		The APT Revisited
		Thecla in the Greek Tradition
		Thecla and the Transvestite Saints
		From the APT to the Transvestite Saints: New Perspectives
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 8 From Diotima to Thecla and Beyond: Virginal Voice in the Lives of Helia and Constantina
		Before Thecla: Diotima and Leucippe
		Thecla: Acts and Dialogue
		An Act to Follow Thecla's: Helia
		A Speech to Follow Thecla's: Constantina
		Girls with No Doors on Their Mouths
		Bibliography
	Chapter 9 Reception and Rejection: Thecla and the Acts of Paul and Thecla in the Passion of Eugenia and Other Latin Texts
		Introduction
		Thecla as an Accepted Model and the APT as a Problematic Text
		Reception and Rejection: Thecla and the APT in the Passions of Eugenia
		Concluding Remarks
		Bibliography
	Chapter 10 A Medieval Sufi Thecla?: Female Civic and Spiritual Leadership in ?Attar's ''Tale of the Virtuous Woman'' and the Life and Passion of Eugenia
		Introduction: The ''Tale of the Virtuous Woman'' and Christian Lives of Female Saints
		ʿAttār and the Various Versions of the ''Tale of the Virtuous Woman''
		The Circulation of the APT and Life of Eugenia across the Iranian World
		The Ilahinamah and the Ideal Sufi King
		Female Leadership, Independently Attained
		Conclusion
		Bibliography
Afterword: Thecla and the Power of an Open Story
	Bibliography
Appendix
	1 Jeremy W. Barrier, ''A Cainite Invocation of Thecla? The Reception of the Acts of Paul in North Africa as Exemplified in Tertullian's de Baptismo''
	2 Damien Labadie, ''Saint Thecla in Geʿez Hagiographical Literature: From Confessor to Martyr''
	3 Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, ''Versified Martyrs: The Reception of Thecla from the Latin West to Medieval Ireland''
	4 Valentina Calzolari, ''The Reception of the Acts of Thecla in Armenia: Thecla as a Model of Representation for Holy Women in Ancient Armenian Literature''
	5 Flavia Ruani, ''Thecla Beyond Thecla: Secondary Characters in Syriac Hagiography''
	6 Arietta Papaconstantinou, ''Shifting the Poetics of Gender Ambiguity: The Coptic Naturalization of Thecla''
	7 Julie Van Pelt, ''Thecla, the First Cross-Dresser? The Acts of Paul and Thecla and the Lives of Byzantine Transvestite Saints''
	8 Virginia Burrus, ''From Diotima to Thecla and Beyond: Virginal Voice in the Lives of Helia and Constantina''
	9 Klazina Staat, ''Reception and Rejection: Thecla and the Acts of Paul and Thecla in the Passion of Eugenia and Other Latin Texts''
	10 Ghazzal Dabiri, ''A Medieval Sufi Thecla? Female Civic and Spiritual Leadership in ʿAttār’s ''The Tale of a Virtuous Woman'' and The Life and Passion of Eugenia
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