Archetypal narratives : pattern and parable in the lives of three saints /

Archetypal narratives : pattern and parable in the lives of three saints /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Krajewski, Elizabeth M. G., author
Imprint:	Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2018]. ©2018
Description:	xii, 246 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studia Traditionis Theologiae (STT) ; 27 Studia traditionis theologiae ; 27.
Subject:	Brigid, -- of Ireland, Saint, -- approximately 453-approximately 524. Samson, -- Saint, Bishop of Dol, -- -565. Cuthbert, -- Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne, -- approximately 635-687. Christian saints -- Biography. Christian hagiography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11790488

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ISBN:	9782503577111 (paperback. : alk. paper) 2503577113 (paperback. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and indexes.
Summary:	"This book sets three saints' lives in their specifically Christian and biblical context, recognizing that much of the anecdotal material in the narratives is modelled on biblical precedents, and that their authors and first audiences were Christian monastics in regions that were in the process of becoming Christianized."-- Back cover.

Table of Contents:

The problem of hagiography
Kildare and the kingdom of God : Cogitosus's life of Brigit
The saint and the serpent : Vita Samsonis I
The bridge-builder saint : the anonymous Vita Cuthberti
The promise of hermeneutics.