Author : Thomas J. Heffernan
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199777578
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity by : Thomas J. Heffernan
Download or read book The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity written by Thomas J. Heffernan and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Carthage in the year 203, two young mothers were martyred together - Perpetua the aristocrat, whose refusals to recant her faith led her parents to take her baby son away from her; and the slave girl Felicitas, who had given birth to her daughter hours before entering the arena. Perpetua's prison diary is a revered text of early Christianity, and Thomas Heffernan's new translation and commentary brings unprecedented scholarly resources to the much-loved Passion. He provides the best treatment of Perpetua and Felicity in English - or in any other language.