9780415127066-0415127068-The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era

The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era

ISBN-13: 9780415127066
ISBN-10: 0415127068
Author: Judith Perkins
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 268 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780415127066
ISBN-10: 0415127068
Author: Judith Perkins
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 268 pages

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The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era (ISBN-13: 9780415127066 and ISBN-10: 0415127068), written by authors Judith Perkins, was published by Routledge in 1995. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Churches & Church Leadership (History, Christian Books & Bibles, Ancient Civilizations History, History, Religious Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in the Early Christian Era (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Churches & Church Leadership books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.24.

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Explores how Christian narrative representation in the early Empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding - the self as sufferer - and why forms of suffering such as martyrdom and self-mutilation were so important.

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