An edition of The Life of Saint Helia (2013)

The life of Saint Helia

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An edition of The Life of Saint Helia (2013)

The life of Saint Helia

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The late medieval Latin "Vita Heliae" is a hagiography of the young woman Helia, set in what is now Albania. It largely concerns the Christian value of virginity, and depicts the saint debating with her mother, a bishop, and a government official.

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
212

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Subjects
Hagiography, 11.51 early Christianity, Heiligenvita, Latein, Übersetzung, Englisch, Vita Sanctae Heliae, Christian saints, Biography, Christian women saints, Women in Christianity, Sources, History, Virginity

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The Life of Saint Helia: Critical Edition, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary
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The life of Saint Helia: critical edition, translation, introduction, and commentary
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Table of Contents

Introduction. The Escorial Codex: gift for a king
Eight women's lives: a medieval collection
The Life of Helia: a priscillianist tractate?
Jerome, Ambrose, and friends
Provenance of the Life of Helia, reconsidered
Gender and genre
The Life of Helia and women's history
Conclusions
Appendix I : the text
Appendix II : Helia's psalter
Appendix III : Helia's Isaiah
Text and Translation. The Life of Saint Helia.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in English and Latin.

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Series
Oxford early Christian texts, Oxford early Christian texts

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
282.092
Library of Congress
BX4656 .L54 2013, BX4656.L54 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 212 pages
Number of pages
212

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28392384M
ISBN 10
0199672636
ISBN 13
9780199672639
LCCN
2013938323
OCLC/WorldCat
869001621

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