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Archetypal narratives : Pattern and parable in the lives of three saints Elizabeth M.G. Krajewski.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studia Traditionis Theologiae (STT) ; 27.Publication details: Turnhout, Belgium Brepols 2018Description: xii, 246 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9782503577111
  • 2503577113
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 922 K
LOC classification:
  • BT1313-1480
  • BT970 .K73 2018
Contents:
The problem of hagiography -- Kildare and the Kingdom of God: Cogitosus’s Life of Brigit -- The saint and the serpent: Vita Samsonis I -- Cuthbert the Bridge-builder: The Anonymous Vita Cuthberti -- The promise of hermeneutics.
Summary: This book sets three saints' lives in their specifically Christian and biblical context, recognizing that much of the anecdotal material in the narratives is modelled on biblical precedents, and that their authors and first audiences were Christian monastics in regions that were in the process of becoming Christianized.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The problem of hagiography -- Kildare and the Kingdom of God: Cogitosus’s Life of Brigit -- The saint and the serpent: Vita Samsonis I -- Cuthbert the Bridge-builder: The Anonymous Vita Cuthberti -- The promise of hermeneutics.

This book sets three saints' lives in their specifically Christian and biblical context, recognizing that much of the anecdotal material in the narratives is modelled on biblical precedents, and that their authors and first audiences were Christian monastics in regions that were in the process of becoming Christianized.

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