Conclusion
Conclusion
The Narrativity of Desire, Restraint, and Conversion
The conclusion compares concisely how the different narrative textures and particularities of the tales of Hermas, Thecla, and Aseneth generate discrete representations of conversion. It also offers a compressed summary of some of the gender-laden elements in these conversion stories: virginity, celibacy, masculinity, self-mastery and desire. Each story offers a distinctive development of the thematic of desire, restraint, and conversion.
Keywords: Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth, desire, restraint, narrative texture, conversion
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