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Specters of Paul : sexual difference in early Christian thought /

Benjamin H. Dunning explores the variety of approaches to sexual difference in second- and third-century Christian thought with particular attention to the ways in which the legacy of the apostle Paul fueled, shaped, and also constrained approaches to the issue.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dunning, Benjamin H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011.
Series:Divinations.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The many become one : theological monism and the problem of the female body
  • Desire and the feminine : Clement of Alexandria's displacement of Eve
  • What sort of thing is this luminous woman? : sexual dimorphism in on the origin of the world
  • Virgin earth, virgin birth : Irenaeus of Lyons and the predicaments of recapitulation
  • The contrary operation : resignifying the unpenetrated body in Tertullian of Carthage.