Hell hath no fury : gender, disability, and the invention of damned bodies in early Christian literature /

"Throughout the Christian tradition, descriptions of hell's fiery torments have shaped contemporary notions of the afterlife, divine justice, and physical suffering. But rarely do we consider the roots of such conceptions, which originate in a group of understudied ancient texts: the early...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Henning, Meghan, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]
Series:Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
Subjects:
Hell > Christianity.
Damned.
Women > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Future life > Christianity.
Christian literature, Early.
Hell in literature.
Women in literature.
People with disabilities in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Damnés.
Femmes > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Littérature chrétienne primitive.
Enfer dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture.
Women in literature
Slavery in literature
People with disabilities in literature
Hell in literature
Christian literature, Early
Damned
Future life > Christianity
Hell > Christianity
Women > Religious aspects > Christianity
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Eternal suffering between reality and imagination
  • Assigned to suffering: Gendered bodily suffering in the Ancient World
  • Gendered bodies, social identities, and the susceptibility to sin
  • Becoming female and deformed through suffering in hell
  • From passive to active: Gender and atonement in Mary's Tours of Hell
  • Conclusion. Making hell on earth
  • Epilogue. Ancient Christian Hell's afterlives.

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