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The Ancient Novel and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: Fictional Intersections ANCIENT NARRATIVE Supplementum 16 Editorial Board Gareth Schmeling, University of Florida, Gainesville Stephen Harrison, Corpus Christi College, Oxford Heinz Hofmann, Universität Tübingen Massimo Fusillo, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila Ruurd Nauta, University of Groningen Stelios Panayotakis, University of Crete Costas Panayotakis (review editor), University of Glasgow Advisory Board Jean Alvares, Montclair State University Alain Billault, Université Paris Sorbonne – Paris IV Ewen Bowie, Corpus Christi College, Oxford Jan Bremmer, University of Groningen Stavros Frangoulidis, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Ronald Hock, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Irene de Jong, University of Amsterdam Bernhard Kytzler, University of Natal, Durban Silvia Montiglio, Johns Hopkins University John Morgan, University of Wales, Swansea Rudi van der Paardt, University of Leiden Michael Paschalis, University of Crete Judith Perkins, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford Tim Whitmarsh, Corpus Christi College, Oxford Alfons Wouters, University of Leuven Maaike Zimmerman, University of Groningen Subscriptions and ordering Barkhuis Zuurstukken 37 9761 KP Eelde the Netherlands Tel. +31 50 3080936 Fax +31 50 3080934 [email protected] www.ancientnarrative.com The Ancient Novel and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: Fictional Intersections edited by Marília P. Futre Pinheiro, Judith Perkins, Richard Pervo BARKHUIS PUBLISHING & GRONINGEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GRONINGEN 2012 Book design: Barkhuis Cover Design: Nynke Tiekstra, Noordwolde ISBN 9789491431210 Image on cover: Hartmann Schedel - Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymaginibus ab inicio mundi. (Nuremberge [= Nürnberg] : Anthonius Koberger [= Anton Koberger], 1493). f. CVII [=107]. Location: PT- Lisboa: Portuguese National Library (BNP). - INC. 342 Copyright © 2012 the editor and authors All rights reserved. No part of this publication or the information contained herein may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronical, mechanical, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the authors. Although all care is taken to ensure the integrity and quality of this publication and the information herein, no responsibility is assumed by the publishers nor the authors for any damage to property or persons as a result of operation or use of this publication and/or the information contained herein. Contents Acknowledgments IX Prologue XI Introduction XV A THE APOCRYPHAL ACTS 1 JENNIFER EYL Why Thekla Does Not See Paul: Visual Perception and the Displacement of Erōs in the Acts of Paul and Thekla 3 ROBIN J. GREENE (Un)Happily Ever After: Literary and Religious Tensions in the Endings of the Apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla 21 PAOLA FRANCESCA MORETTI The Two Ephesian Matrons: Drusiana’s Story in the Acts of John as a Possible Christian Response to Milesian Narrative 35 VINCENT GIRAUDET Virginity at Stake: Greek Novels, Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, and the Dionysiaca of Nonnus Panopolitanus 49 JANET SPITTLER Wild Kingdom: Animal Episodes in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles 65 VI CONTENTS B THE JEWISH NOVEL 77 NINA BRAGINSKAYA Joseph and Aseneth in Greek Literary History: The Case of the “First Novel” 79 C ANCIENT NOVEL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN FICTIONS: INTERSECTIONS 107 JUDITH PERKINS Jesus Was No Sophist: Education in Christian Fiction 109 OLIVER EHLEN Reading the Protevangelium Jacobi as an Ancient Novel 133 ROSA M. ANDÚJAR Charicleia the Martyr: Heliodorus and Early Christian Narrative 139 MARTINA HIRSCHBERGER Marriages Spoiled: The Deconstruction of Novel Discourse in Early Christian Novel Narratives 153 D NEW TESTAMENT AND HAGIOGRAPHY 169 WARREN S. SMITH We-Passages in Acts as Mission Narrative 171 PETR KITZLER Viri mirantur facilius quam imitantur: Passio Perpetuae in the Literature of the Ancient Church (Tertullian, Acta martyrum, and Augustine) 189 TIMO GLASER Telling What’s Beyond the Known: The Epistolary Novel and the Afterlife of the Apostle Paul in the Pastoral Epistles 203 CONTENTS VII Abstracts 215 Contributors 221 Indices 225 Index locorum 225 General index 227 Acknowledgements First of all, a special word is due to my fellow editors, Judith Perkins and Richard Pervo, two major authorities in the field of Biblical, Early Jewish and Christian Literature. We have worked very closely together on this vol- ume over the last two years, and I’m very much indebted to them for their wise and accurate reading of the papers, for their valuable suggestions and strong commitment to this project. The early centuries CE were a period of significant social change, seeing the evolution of the Roman Empire as well as the rise of Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. The fictional narratives of the period confronted issues such as the interrelation of religion and imperial politics, hybridized identi- ties, colonizer and colonized people in equality of resources. So the study of these narratives is important and relevant to contemporary concerns. The editors wish to express their sincere gratitude to all contributors for their patient and enduring collaboration during the process of producing this book. Since this volume includes a selection of papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN IV), which was held at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, 21–26 July 2008, I extend my gratitude to its President, Dr. Rui Vilar, and to the Director of the Gulbenkian Museum, João Castel-Branco Pereira, for the visit to the muse- um. It would be impossible to enumerate all sponsors, whose invaluable assistance and generous support made this project a reality. I’ll only mention a few: the Mayor of Lisbon and Lisbon’s City Hall, Dr. António Costa, and his councilwoman, Rosália Vargas; the Rector of the University of Lisbon, Prof. Dr. António Nóvoa; the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), and its Director, Miguel Vaz; the Fundação Oriente, represented by Ambassador João de Deus Ramos and João Amorim, for the instructive tour of the recently inaugurated Museu do Oriente; the Manager of the Lisboa Convention Bureau, Alexandra Baltazar, for providing us with a memorable cruise on the Tagus river; the director of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Carlos Fragateiro, for the theater performances in the ruins of the Monastery of Carmo and in the National Theatre. I express my profound thanks to them and to the following institutions: the Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Lisboa,
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