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The Life of Saint Helia - Critical Edition, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary (Paperback)
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The Life of Saint Helia - Critical Edition, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts
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The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of
uncertain provenance, is a remarkable and virtually unknown text,
of which a critical edition and English translation appear here for
the first time, accompanied by an introduction and commentary.
Written predominately in dialogue format, the Life records a
lengthy and highly polemical debate between a young girl Helia and
her mother regarding the relative merits of virginity and marriage,
followed by a dialogue between Helia and a bishop and a debate
between Helia and a judge. The arguments both for and against
virginity are biblically based, and the text is notable for its
citational density and exegetical creativity. The dramatic
narrative that frames the dialogue appears to have been influenced
by the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, while the speeches
suggest familiarity with the virginity apologetics of Ambrose and
Jerome; because the Life has is preserved in only two medieval
manuscripts, both from northern Spain, a Priscillianist context of
composition is possible. This lively work will be of great interest
to students of hagiography, asceticism, women's history, and
biblical exegesis.
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