Narrating ‘Home’ in Early Christian Biography: Athanasius’ <i>Life of Antony</i> and Its Literary Predecessors
In this paper, I provide a close examination of early Christian biographical sources through the heuristic lens of “home studies”, tracing a thread from the New Testament Gospels to martyrdom texts, the apocryphal Acts literature, Eusebius’ biography of Origen in his <i>Church History</i>...
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| Main Author: | Miriam De Cock |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-11-01
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| Series: | Religions |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/11/1375 |
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