The <i>Life of Thaïs</i> and <i>The Life of Abraham and his Niece Mary</i>: An Intertextual ConnectionVigiliae ChristianaeSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/CG7CERVT/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Julievan PeltThe <i>Life of Thaïs</i> and <i>The Life of Abraham and his Niece Mary</i>: An Intertextual Connectionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/CG7CERVThttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/CG7CERVThttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/CG7CERVTVigiliae Christianae71:42017402-416This article brings to light an intertextual connection between two hagiographical texts that has not been acknowledged in scholarship: the Life of Thaïs (BHG 1695) and the Greek Life of Abraham and his Niece Mary (BHG 5). The first part of the article presents an overview of the different possibilities of interdependence. Next, the textual correspondences and the contextual divergences between the two passages are discussed. In the final part, the intertextual connection between the two stories is understood as the result of a shared narrative purpose, and the divergences are interpreted within the specific narrative context of each text. This discussion considers the two texts against the background of other Lives of so-called ‘holy harlots’.
Pelt, Julie van. “The Life of Thaïs and The Life of Abraham and His Niece Mary: An Intertextual Connection.” Vigiliae Christianae 71:4 (2017): 402–16.
Julie van Pelt, The Life of Thaïs and The Life of Abraham and His Niece Mary: An Intertextual Connection,” Vigiliae Christianae 71:4 (2017): 402–16.Abraham of QidunIV-VII CEhagiographyintertextualitysaintssexualitywomen