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Perpetua's Passions is a collection of studies about Perpetua, a young female Christian martyr who was executed in 203 AD. Like her spiritual guide, Saturus, Perpetua left a diary, and a few years after their deaths a fellow Christian collected these writings and supplied them with an introduction and epilogue : the so-called Passion of Perpetua. The result is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic works of antiquity, which the present volume examines from a wide range of perspectives : literary, narratological, historical, religious, psychological, and philosophical viewpoints follow upon a newly edited text and English translation (by Joseph Farrell and Craig Williams). This innovative treatment by a number of distinguished scholars not only complements its unique subject, but constitutes a kind of laboratory of new approaches to ancient texts.

Perpetua, --- Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis. --- Christian martyrs --- History --- 235.3 PERPETUA --- 272 <397> --- Hagiografie--PERPETUA --- Kerkvervolging--Africa: Numidië; Mauretanië; Cyrenaica --- History. --- Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis. --- Martyrs --- Martyrdom --- Christianity --- Christian martyrs - Tunisia - History --- Perpetua et Felicitas mm. --- Perpetua, - Saint, - -203. - Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis