The Cult of St. Thecla: A Tradition of Women's Piety in Late Antiquity

Journal of Biblical Literature | October 1, 2002| | Copyright

The Cult of St. Thecla: A Tradition of Women's Piety in Late Antiquity, by Stephen J. Davis. Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. xiv + 288. $70.00.

The most obvious contribution of this meticulously researched and elegantly written monograph on the late ancient cults) of Thecla is its gathering of little-known archaeological evidence for the veneration of the popular female saint in Egypt-specifically at Mareotis, Kharga, and the Fayum. Yet the strength and broader significance of the work lie largely in its more comprehensive scope and its methodological ...

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