Cross posted to ELENCHUS, EccHst, MEDTEXTL, Medieval-Religion.
Any assistance in pursuing this topic will be greatly appreciated!
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> Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 11:05:01 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Shira Lander <[log in to unmask]>
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> I am wondering if, besides the work of Victor Saxer, any new synthetic
> treatments of the cult of the martyr-saints in the second through
> mid-fourth century North Africa have emerged since the work of Delehaye,
> LeClerq, and that earlier generation of scholars. I am trying to
> understand the emergence and growth of this religious activity,
> particularly the relationship between ritual activity at burial sites,
> evolution of shrines and ritualized visitation to them, the production of
> martyrdom texts and their use in commemorations on the deaths'
> anniversaries, and who was involved in each of these activities. Work
> that considers archaeological and inscriptional evidence is preferred to
> an exclusively literary approach.
>
> Shira Lander
> UPENN Department of Religious Studies
> [log in to unmask]
Bob
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