Perpetua's Passions

Perpetua's Passions
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 394
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ISBN-10 : 9780199561889
ISBN-13 : 0199561885
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Book Synopsis Perpetua's Passions by : Jan N. Bremmer

Download or read book Perpetua's Passions written by Jan N. Bremmer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of studies about the Passion of Perpetua, the diary written by the young Christian martyr Perpetua. This intriguing text is edited and translated before a team of distinguished scholars examine it from a wide range of perspectives: literary, narratological, historical, religious, psychological, and philosophical.


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