Code
3G062010
Duration
01 January 2010 → 31 December 2015
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Evolutionary biology
- General biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Social medical sciences
Keywords
hagiography
(Late) Antiquity
cult of the martyra
Middle Ages
Allusion
Early Christianity
Greek literature
History of religion
Latin literature
Literary studies
Project description
A corpus of about 250 Late Antique Aca martyrum & Passiones is being examined for their Biblical stylization: from explicit quotations to implicit allusions. This analysis reveals how the stylization constitutes a hagiographical discourse, which both underpins the continuing validity of the Biblical order in the post-Biblocal world, an dshows an idealized image of perfect Chrtistianity.