{"product_id":"reading-renunciation-asceticism-and-scripture-in-early-christianity-9780691005126","title":"Reading Renunciation: Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eA study of how asceticism was promoted through Biblical interpretation, \u003ci\u003eReading Renunciation \u003c\/i\u003euses contemporary literary theory to unravel the writing strategies of the early Christian authors. Not a general discussion of early Christian teachings on celibacy and marriage, the book is a close examination, in the author's words, of how the Fathers' axiology of abstinence informed their interpretation of Scriptural texts and incited the production of ascetic meaning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elizabeth Clark begins with a survey of scholarship concerning early Christian asceticism that is designed to orient the nonspecialist. Section Two is organized around potentially troubling issues posed by Old Testament texts that demanded skillful handling by ascetically inclined Christian exegetes. The third section, Reading Paul, focuses on the hermeneutical problems raised by I Corinthians 7, and the Deutero-Pauline and Pastoral Epistles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elizabeth Clark's remarkable work will be of interest to scholars of late antiquity, religion, literary theory, and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth a. Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691005126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth A. Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is John Carlisle Kilgo Professor of Religion at Duke University and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Origenist Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). She is the past president of the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, and the North American Patristics Society. She is the coeditor of the\u003ci\u003e Journal of Early Christian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087112548467,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":56.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5a3f06b3-0ab0-4f40-8c6a-d8e1b8adab85.jpg?v=1652537830","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/reading-renunciation-asceticism-and-scripture-in-early-christianity-9780691005126","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}