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The cult of Saint Thecla: a tradition of women's piety in late antiquity

Stephen J. Davis 2001 © Oxford University Press
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  • 9780198270195 (hardcover)
  • 9780199548712 (paper)
Subject
  • Women's Studies
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  • Frontmatter
  • List of Figures (page xi)
  • Abbreviations (page xiii)
  • PART I. THE CULT OF SAINT THECLA IN ASIA MINOR (page 1)
    • 1. Origins of the Thecla Cult (page 3)
    • 2. The Cult of Thecla at Seleucia in Asia Minor (page 36)
  • PART II. THE CULT OF SAINT THECLA IN EGYPT (page 81)
    • 3. Thecla Devotion Among Ascetic Women in Alexandria (page 83)
    • 4. Pilgrimage and the Cult of Saint Thecla in the Mareotis (page 113)
    • 5. The Spread of Thecla Devotion Outside Alexandria and Its Environs (page 149)
  • Appendix A. A Catalogue of Published Ampullae with Saint Thecla (page 195)
  • Appendix B. Namesakes of Saint Thecla in Late Antique Egypt (page 201)
  • Figures (page 209)
  • Bibliography (page 239)
  • Index (page 277)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CH 71.2 (Jun. 2002): 393-395 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4146478
JBL 121.3 (Autumn, 2002): 582-585 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3268177
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