Colors and Textures of Roman North Africa : Essays in Memory of Maureen A. Tilley / edited by Elizabeth A. Clark and Zachary B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), 1938-2021, editor.

Smith, Zachary B. (Zachary Bill), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian martyrs--Biography.

Christian martyrs.

Christianity--Africa, North.

Christianity.

Persecution--Africa, North--Early works to 1800.

Persecution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Catholic University of America Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book serves two purposes: first, it celebrates the career of the late Maureen Tilley; second, it provides a "state of the field" look at some of the latest scholarship on Christian North Africa in late antiquity.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Elizabeth A. Clark†, Duke University (Emerita)

Zachary B. Smith, Creighton University

Sigla List

Section I: Tertullian

1. Animal Riddles in Tertullian's De Pallio | Blake Leyerle, University of Notre Dame

2. Marcionite Pallor and Tertullian's Colorful Animals | J. Columcille Dever, Providence College

3. Early Christian "Desk-Top" Publishing in Carthage: Tertullian's "Noiseless Books," Pilfered Manuscripts, and Polemics against Remarriage | William Tabbernee, Phillips Theological Seminary (Emeritus)

Section II: Donatism, Augustine, and Scripture

4. Between Donatus and the Devil: Readings of Ezekiel's "Prince of Tyre" in Fourth-Century North Africa | Alden Bass, Oklahoma Christian University

5. "Sitting on the Chair of Moses": Augustine on the Efficacy of Christian Preaching | J. Patout Burns, Vanderbilt Divinity School (Emeritus)

6. Jeremiah 23:28b, the Donatists, and Augustine | Geoffrey D. Dunn, FAHA, University of Pretoria

7. Humility, Charity, and Correction: Augustine and the Common Good | Allan Fitzgerald, OSA, The Augustine Institute, Villanova University

Section III: North African Places and People

8. Pilgrimage and the Extra-Urban Cemetery Basilicas of Carthage | Robin M. Jensen, University of Notre Dame

9. Melania the Younger: Life and Sources of a Strong Woman in Christian Antiquity | Anthony Dupont, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

In Memoriam: Maureen A. Tilley

Bibliography of Maureen A. Tilley's Scholarship

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8132-3698-3

OCLC:

1450099383