“First among All Women”
“First among All Women”
The Story of Thecla in Textual Transmission and Iconographic Remains
The focus of this chapter is the figure of Thecla, a female character who has seen significant scholarly attention in recent years. How does the textual transmission of the second-century Acts of Paul and Thecla come to rewrite and refashion the figure of Thecla? And how does Thecla come to be associated with books in literature and art? These questions are at the forefront of the chapter.
Keywords: Acts of Paul and Thecla, iconography, Methodius, textual transmission, Thecla
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