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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790402003321

Autore

Solevag Anna Rebecca

Titolo

Birthing salvation : gender and class in early Christian childbearing discourse / / by Anna Rebecca Solevåg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25778-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Biblical interpretation series, , 0928-0731 ; ; volume 121

Disciplina

261.8/358743

Soggetti

Salvation - Biblical teaching

Salvation - Christianity

Christian literature, Early - History and criticism

Childbirth - Biblical teaching

Childbirth - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- On Waves, Discourses and Intersections -- Greco-Roman Childbearing Discourse -- The Pastoral Epistles -- The Acts of Andrew -- The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

In Birthing Salvation Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women’s childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how childbearing discourse interfaces with salvation discourse in three early Christian texts: the Pastoral Epistles, the Acts of Andrew and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. Issues of gender and class are explored through an intersectional analysis. In particular, the institution of slavery, and its implications for ideas about salvation in these texts are drawn out. Birthing Salvation offers fresh interpretations of these texts, including the peculiar statement in 1 Tim 2:15 that women “will be saved through childbearing.”