Theatrical Shows and Ascetic Lives

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ISBN: 9780520215580 | 0520215583
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/1/2001

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Leyerle puts John Chrysostom's rhetoric neatly into context, discussing the place of theater in the urban life of Antioch, describing contemporary social and sexual mores and roles, and warmly defending the practice and practitioners of spiritual marriage.

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Preface	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Late Antique Theater	p. 13
John Chrysostom's View of the Theater	p. 42
Spiritual Marriage	p. 75
Ridiculous Men	p. 100
Frightful Women	p. 143
John Chrysostom's Role	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 206
Dating the Treatises	p. 213
Select Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 237
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