Jennifer Barry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3988467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Barry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Barry |
| SIGNATURE | BARRY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mary Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2629-0088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Scandal and the Late Ancient Christian Historian
This article argues that scandal functions as a key narrative technology in late ancient Christian historiography. Rather than treating scandal as anecdote or moral failure, ecclesiastical historians use it as a structured way of arranging deviant bodies, contested practices, and moments of exposure to produce claims about Christian truth. Through recurring controversies, this study traces how biblical stories are reworked by authors such as Euse…
Athanasius Pulled Apart
In this article, I engage Athanasius of Alexandria’s invocation of the infamous dismemberment of the unnamed woman found in Judg 19. By the fourth century, this story of gang rape—along with other preserved stories of sexual violence—found in Judges, were scattered throughout early Christian literature. Judges 19 holds a particularly troubling history in the late ancient context. The story of the rape and dismemberment of the unnamed woman in Jud…
We Didn’t Start the Fire”
If we think about the past and the way Christians constructed the signs and symbols of persecution, invariably something—or, someone—is on fire. In this article, I argue that the destruction of two significant Alexandrian holy sites, the Great Alexandrian Church and the Serapeum, tells us a great deal about how fifth-century ecclesiastical historians crafted episcopal legitimacy by using familiar tropes that signaled to their readers that a Chris…
So Easy to Forget
They certainly think they have a great charge to hurl against Christians when, to dramatize their sufferings in captivity, they add also the rape [rapturous violation] of married women and maidens intending to marry but even of certain women consecrated to the religious life. —City of God, 1.161 In him your right hand holds me fast, so that I [...] may be gathered in from dispersion in my stale days to pursue the One, forgetting the past and stre…
City of Demons
Heroic Bishops
In this article, I examine the progressive development of Hilary of Poitiers's exilic discourse in two key texts: To Constantius and Against Constantius. Hilary's exilic identity is intimately tied to the emperor and spaces of imperial power. In the first text, To Constantius, Constantius ii plays a sympathetic role in Hilary's explanation of his exile. Hilary envisions himself in the presence of the emperor as he guides him to the truth. In Agai…
So Easy to Forget
They certainly think they have a great charge to hurl against Christians when, to dramatize their sufferings in captivity, they add also the rape [rapturous violation] of married women and maidens intending to marry but even of certain women consecrated to the religious life. —City of God, 1.161 In him your right hand holds me fast, so that I [...] may be gathered in from dispersion in my stale days to pursue the One, forgetting the past and stre…
Heroic Bishops
In this article, I examine the progressive development of Hilary of Poitiers's exilic discourse in two key texts: To Constantius and Against Constantius. Hilary's exilic identity is intimately tied to the emperor and spaces of imperial power. In the first text, To Constantius, Constantius ii plays a sympathetic role in Hilary's explanation of his exile. Hilary envisions himself in the presence of the emperor as he guides him to the truth. In Agai…
City of Demons
We Didn’t Start the Fire”
If we think about the past and the way Christians constructed the signs and symbols of persecution, invariably something—or, someone—is on fire. In this article, I argue that the destruction of two significant Alexandrian holy sites, the Great Alexandrian Church and the Serapeum, tells us a great deal about how fifth-century ecclesiastical historians crafted episcopal legitimacy by using familiar tropes that signaled to their readers that a Chris…
So Easy to Forget
They certainly think they have a great charge to hurl against Christians when, to dramatize their sufferings in captivity, they add also the rape [rapturous violation] of married women and maidens intending to marry but even of certain women consecrated to the religious life. —City of God, 1.161 In him your right hand holds me fast, so that I [...] may be gathered in from dispersion in my stale days to pursue the One, forgetting the past and stre…
Athanasius Pulled Apart
In this article, I engage Athanasius of Alexandria’s invocation of the infamous dismemberment of the unnamed woman found in Judg 19. By the fourth century, this story of gang rape—along with other preserved stories of sexual violence—found in Judges, were scattered throughout early Christian literature. Judges 19 holds a particularly troubling history in the late ancient context. The story of the rape and dismemberment of the unnamed woman in Jud…
Scandal and the Late Ancient Christian Historian
This article argues that scandal functions as a key narrative technology in late ancient Christian historiography. Rather than treating scandal as anecdote or moral failure, ecclesiastical historians use it as a structured way of arranging deviant bodies, contested practices, and moments of exposure to produce claims about Christian truth. Through recurring controversies, this study traces how biblical stories are reworked by authors such as Euse…
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