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Archetypal narratives : pattern and parable in the lives of three saints / Elizabeth M.G. Krajewski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krajewski, Elizabeth M. G., author.
- Series:
- Studia traditionis theologiae ; 27.
- Studia traditionis theologiae ; 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brigid, of Ireland, Saint, approximately 453-approximately 524.
- Brigid.
- Christian saints--Biography.
- Christian saints.
- Christian hagiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 246 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2018]
- 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"-- Source other than Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- The problem of hagiography
- Kildare and the kingdom of God : Cogitosus's life of Brigit
- The saint and the serpent : Vita Samsonis I
- The bridge-builder saint : the anonymous Vita Cuthberti
- The promise of hermeneutics.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 2-503-57712-1
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