Desiring Conversion: Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth

by B . Diane Lipsett (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $170.91

  Self-restraint may appear to be the opposite of erotic desire. But in this careful literary analysis, Diane Lipsett traces the intriguing interplay of desire and self-restraint in three ancient Christian or Jewish tales of conversion, analyzing conversion itself as an effect of story, a function of narrative texture and coherence.