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Certainly Peter Brown's _Cult of the Saints_ deals with these problems. Also consult the collected essays of W.H.C. Frend. Jo Ann -----Original Message----- From: Robert Kraft <[log in to unmask]> To: Medieval Text List <[log in to unmask]>; Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>; Elenchus List <[log in to unmask]>; Ecclesiastical History <[log in to unmask]> Cc: Shira Lander <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 1:03 AM Subject: Query on Early Martyrology >Cross posted to ELENCHUS, EccHst, MEDTEXTL, Medieval-Religion. >Any assistance in pursuing this topic will be greatly appreciated! > >Forwarded message: >> Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 11:05:01 -0400 (EDT) >> From: Shira Lander <[log in to unmask]> >> >> 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 >-- >Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania >227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827 >[log in to unmask] >http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%