Theatrical shows and ascetic lives : John Chrysostom's attack on spiritual marriage /
This book provides an original and rewarding context for understanding the prolific fourth-century Christian theologian John Chrysostom and the religious and social world in which he lived. Blake Leyerle analyzes two highly rhetorical treatises by this early church father attacking the phenomenon of...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2001], ©2001
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2. The Late Antique Theater
- 3. John Chrysostom's View of the Theater
- 4. Spiritual Marriage
- 5. Ridiculous Men
- 6. Frightful Women
- 7. John Chrysostom's Role
- 8. Conclusion.
- 2 Late Antique Theater 13
- 3 John Chrysostom's View of the Theater 42
- 4 Spiritual Marriage 75
- 5 Ridiculous Men 100
- 6 Frightful Women 143
- 7 John Chrysostom's Role 183
- Appendix Dating the Treatises 213
- 2 The Late Antique Theater 13
- 3 John Chrysostom's View of the Theater 42
- 4 Spiritual Marriage 75
- 5 Ridiculous Men 100
- 6 Frightful Women 143
- 7 John Chrysostom's Role 183
- Appendix Dating the Treatises 213