Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts

L. Stephanie Cobb

September, 2008
Cloth, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14498-8
$50.00 / £34.50

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Constructing Identity Through Cultural Appropriation

1. What Is a Christian? Constructing a Christian Identity

2. Noble Athletes: Gladiatorial, Athletic, and Martial Imagery in the Martyr Acts

3. Be a Man: Narrative Tools of Masculinization in Early Christian Martyr Acts

4. Putting Women in Their Place: Masculinizing and Feminizing the Female Martyr

Conclusion: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Acts

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Christianity
• Medieval Religion
• Women's Studies

Series

• Gender, Theory, and Religion

About the Author

L. Stephanie Cobb is assistant professor of New Testament and Early Christianity in the Religion Department at Hofstra University.

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