Comparative Hagiology and/as Manuscript Studies: Method and Materiality

Although the academic study of hagiography continues to flourish, the role of comparative methods within the study of sanctity and the saints remains underutilized. Similarly, while much valuable work on saints and sanctity relies on materialist methodologies, issues of critical bibliography particu...

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Main Author: Zimbalist, Barbara (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B Comparative Literature
B critical bibliography
B hagiology
B Religious Studies
B Sainthood
B Comparative Method
B Hagiography
B Comparative Religions
B Manuscript studies
B Medieval Christianity
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