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Did Perpetua write her prison account
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Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis (Pass. Perp.) as discussed by the authors has attracted attention on account of many aspects, such as its complex composition, its relevance for social and religious history, its reports on visions, and above all as a lively por trait of two young Christian female martyrs from Carthage in A.D. 203.Abstract:
Modern scholarship on the famous Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis (Pass. Perp.) is vast.1 The text has attracted attention on account of many aspects, such as its complex composition, its relevance for social and religious history, its reports on visions, and above all as a lively por trait of two young Christian female martyrs from Carthage in A.D. 203. Notably, Perpetua's first person account of her stay in prison previous to her execution (chapters 3-10), and another first person account by Satu rus (chs. 11-13) have solicited many scholarly comments. There is, howread more
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