Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xi, 350 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9004136363
Serie:
Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions v. 88
Inhalt:
This work contains a collection of studies on women in miracle stories found in texts ranging from religious classics to contemporary literary fiction. It asks the question, "What do miracle stories specifically tell us about women?
Anmerkung:
Originally published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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CONTENTS; Preface; List of Contributors; 1. Women and Miracle Stories: Introduction; 2. Magic, Miracle and Miracle Workers in the Acts of Thecla; 3. Fatherly and Motherly Curing in Sixth-Century Gaul: Saint Radegund's Mysterium; 4. Women in Columba's Life, as Seen through the Eyes of his Biographer Adomnán; 5. Fresh Water for a Tired Soul: Pregnancy and Messianic Desire in a Medieval Jewish Document from Sicily; 6. The Life of Christina Mirabilis: Miracles and the Construction of Marginality; 7. In Pain You Shall Bear Children (Gen 3:16): Medieval Prayers for a Safe Delivery
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8. A Woman Alone: The Beatification of Friederike Hauffe née Wanner (1801-1829)9. Māriyamman's Śakti: The Miraculous Power of a Smallpox Goddess; 10. Women and Miracles in the Stories of Ingeborg Bachmann; 11. Miracles of Desire: Transfigurations in Rhoda Lerman's The Book of the Night; 12. A Different Grace: Epilogue; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004136366
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Women and miracle stories : A multidisciplinary exploration
Sprache:
Englisch
