The tale type of the repenting prostitute: between rabbis and church fathers

This paper compares rabbinic and patristic stories of repenting prostitutes from late antiquity, showing that while some narrative structures remain fixed in both traditions, namely, the prostitute's story framed within that of a man, a competition between the man and the prostitute over the le...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Artman-Partock, Tali (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2018]
In: AJS review
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rabbinische Literatur / Kirchenväter / Prostituierte / Reue / Erzählung
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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