Visions and Faces of the Tragic: The Mimesis of Tragedy and the Folly of Salvation in Early Christian Literature

1: Excavating Tragical Perspectivesin Early Christianity: Trajectories Of Inquiry And Interpretive Challenges -- 2: Tragical Mimesis And Biblical Interpretation I: Primitive Tragedies In Genesis -- 3: Tragical Mimesis And Biblical Interpretation Ii: Exposing And Expounding The Tragic In Sacred History -- 4: The Tragic Christian Self: Three Late-ancient Profiles -- 5: Tragical Conscience: Contemplating The Faces And Bodies Of Tragedyin The Foreground Of The Church -- 6: Tragical Pathos: The Expanding Christian Repertoire Of Tragical Emotions -- 7: The Theological Scope Of Early Christian Tragical Vision -- Epilogue: Hope And The Christian Tragical Pathos -- Select Bibliography -- General Index -- Index Of Scriptural References Paul M. Blowers. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.