EBOOK Desiring Conversion Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth
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Self-restraint may appear to be the opposite of erotic desire. But in this careful literary analysis, Diane Lipsett traces the intriguing interplay of desire and self-restraint in three ancient Christian or Jewish tales of conversion, analyzing "e;conversion"e; itself as an effect of story, a function of narrative texture and coherence.