The Blood of Female Martyrs as the Sperm of the Early Church1

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" The Blood of Female Martyrs as the Sperm of the Early Church1 "
Johannes N. Vorster

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083223
Doc. No	:	LA126852
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157430102X00025‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Johannes N. Vorster
Title & Author	:	The Blood of Female Martyrs as the Sperm of the Early Church1 [Article]\ Johannes N. Vorster
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2002
Volume/ Issue Number	:	9/1-2
Page No	:	8–41
Abstract	:	To what extent did early Christian martyr stories function as empowering the female body and contributing to an independent view of her 'self' and 'identity'? In the light of claims, often motivated by political correctness, that certain early Christian traditions acknowledged, appreciated and promoted woman's agency in Graeco-Roman social interaction, it is argued that if the notion of a 'regulatory body' is taken into consideration, early Christian female bodies and identities were crushed both by the Roman Imperium and early Christian patriarchal leadership. To what extent did early Christian martyr stories function as empowering the female body and contributing to an independent view of her 'self' and 'identity'? In the light of claims, often motivated by political correctness, that certain early Christian traditions acknowledged, appreciated and promoted woman's agency in Graeco-Roman social interaction, it is argued that if the notion of a 'regulatory body' is taken into consideration, early Christian female bodies and identities were crushed both by the Roman Imperium and early Christian patriarchal leadership.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157430102X00025‬