The Sorrows of Mattidia: A New Translation and Commentary

by Curtis Hutt, Jenni Irving (Translator)

Overview

This volume offers a new translation of the Pseudo-Clementine family narrative here known as The Sorrows of Mattidia. It contains a full introduction which explores the obscured origins of the text, the plot, and main characters, and engages in a comparison of the portrayal of pagan, Jewish, and Christian women in this text with what we encounter in other literature. It also discusses a general strategy for how historians can utilize fictional narratives like this when examining the lives of women in the ancient world. This translation makes this fascinating source for late antique women available in this form for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429018749
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/18/2018
Series:	Routledge Classical Translations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	126
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Curtis Hutt is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, and the Founding Executive Director of the Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Center for Human Rights.

Jenni Irving is an epigrapher and lecturer of Ancient Languages and Classical Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA. She also is an instructional designer for a Fortune 500 company.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Part I Women of the Clementina; Chapter 1: What is The Sorrows of Mattidia?; Chapter 2: Women of the Clementina; Chapter 3: Women and gender relations in the community of Peter; Chapter 4: Sylvia’s gift; Part II The Sorrows of Mattidia; Chapter 5: The Sorrows of Mattidia: Author, text, bibliography, and translation; Chapter 6: The Sorrows of Mattidia – Translated by Jenni Irving with Curtis Hutt; Bibliography; Index