| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 350 pages) |
| Series |
Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 88 |
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Studies in the history of religions ; 88.
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| Contents |
Women and miracle stories: introduction / Anne-Marie Korte -- Magic, miracle and miracle workers in the Acts of Thecla / Magda Misset-van de Weg -- Fatherly and motherly curing in sixth-century Gaul: Saint Radegund's Mysterium / Giselle de Nie -- Women in Columba's life, as seen through the eyes of his biographer Adomnán / Jacqueline Borsje -- Fresh water for a tired soul: pregnancy and messianic desire in a mediaeval Jewish document from Sicily / Marcel Poorthuis & Chana Safrai -- The life of Christina Mirabilis: miracles and the construction of marginality / Anke E. Passenier -- In pain you shall bear children (Gen 3:16): medieval prayers for a safe delivery / Marianne Elsakkers -- A woman alone: the beatification of Friederike Hauffe née Wanner (1801-1829) / Wouter J. Hanegraaff -- Māriyammaṉ's Śakti: the miraculous power of a smallpox goddess / Anne van Voorthuizen -- Women and miracles in the stories of Ingeborg Bachmann / Ilse N. Bulhof -- Miracles of desire: transfigurations in Rhoda Lerman's The book of the night / Inez van der Spek -- A different grace: epilogue / Anne-Marie Korte |
| Summary |
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?" |
| Notes |
Originally published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2001 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Miracles.
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Women -- Religious life.
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miracles.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Theology.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
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Miracles
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Women -- Religious life
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Mirakel
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Frau
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Korte, Anne-Marie, 1957-
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| ISBN |
142371220X |
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9781423712206 |
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9047402871 |
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9789047402879 |
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9789004136366 |
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9004136363 |
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