{"product_id":"reading-renunciation-elizabeth-a-clark-9780691005126","title":"Reading Renunciation: Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eA study of how asceticism was promoted through Biblical interpretation, \u003ci\u003eReading Renunciation \u003c\/i\u003euses contemporary literary theory to unravel the writing strategies of the early Christian authors. Not a general discussion of early Christian teachings on celibacy and marriage, the book is a close examination, in the author's words, of how \"the Fathers' axiology of abstinence informed their interpretation of Scriptural texts and incited the production of ascetic meaning.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elizabeth Clark begins with a survey of scholarship concerning early Christian asceticism that is designed to orient the nonspecialist. Section Two is organized around potentially troubling issues posed by Old Testament texts that demanded skillful handling by ascetically inclined Christian exegetes. The third section, \"Reading Paul,\" focuses on the hermeneutical problems raised by I Corinthians 7, and the Deutero-Pauline and Pastoral Epistles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elizabeth Clark's remarkable work will be of interest to scholars of late antiquity, religion, literary theory, and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth a. Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691005125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691005126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.05d","brand":"Elizabeth a. Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946936729855,"sku":"9780691005126","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6fc01769-112f-4e67-94de-73f5fbcd35ca.jpg?v=1681515816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-renunciation-elizabeth-a-clark-9780691005126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}