Jerome’s Epistolary Portraits of Holy Women: Some Remarks about Their Alleged Multilingualism
P. Moretti. Journal of Late Antiquity, 7 (2):
280--297(2014)\textlessp\textgreaterVolume 7, Number 2, Fall 2014\textless/p\textgreater.
Abstract
This paper considers women either directly or indirectly portrayed in Jerome’s letters with a focus on the culture with which they are endowed and especially their knowledge of languages. Their multilingualism obviously serves Jerome’s purpose of implicitly legitimating himself as a spiritual guide, and enhancing his own scriptural and doctrinal authority. Nonetheless it should not be considered a strictly literary topos, stemming from the classical tradition of the rhetorical praise of paideia. Moreover, if the knowledge of Greek stands out as a feature common to both Christians and pagans of the fourth-century aristocratic elite, Jerome’s women’s multilingualism in some respects must be related to a specifically Christian cultural background.
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%X This paper considers women either directly or indirectly portrayed in Jerome’s letters with a focus on the culture with which they are endowed and especially their knowledge of languages. Their multilingualism obviously serves Jerome’s purpose of implicitly legitimating himself as a spiritual guide, and enhancing his own scriptural and doctrinal authority. Nonetheless it should not be considered a strictly literary topos, stemming from the classical tradition of the rhetorical praise of paideia. Moreover, if the knowledge of Greek stands out as a feature common to both Christians and pagans of the fourth-century aristocratic elite, Jerome’s women’s multilingualism in some respects must be related to a specifically Christian cultural background.
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title = {Jerome’s Epistolary Portraits of Holy Women: Some Remarks about Their Alleged Multilingualism},
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