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Desiring Conversion: Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth Lipsett, B. Diane (Assistant Professor, New Testament and Christian Origins, Assistant Professor, New Testament and Christian Origins, Wake Forest University School of Divinity)
Desiring Conversion: Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth
Lipsett, B. Diane (Assistant Professor, New Testament and Christian Origins, Assistant Professor, New Testament and Christian Origins, Wake Forest University School of Divinity)
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.
208 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 21, 2010 |
| Original release date | 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199754519 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 200 |
| Dimensions | 213 × 150 × 23 mm · 340 g |
| Language | English |