Description |
xv, 322 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-304) and index. |
Contents |
Four short stories : a Bacchic courtesan, the reporter from hell, the daughters of rabbis, a Roman Christian matron -- Spouses of wisdom : Philo's Therapeutae, reconsidered -- Thecla of Iconium, reconsidered -- Artemisia of Minorca : gender and the conversion of the Jews in the 5th century -- Veturia of Rome and Rufina of Smyrna as counterbalance : women officeholders in ancient synagogues and Gentile adopters of Judean practices -- Rethinking gender, history and women's religions in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean. |
Subject |
Women and religion -- Rome.
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Women in Judaism -- Rome.
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Women in Christianity -- Rome.
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Rome -- Religion.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Religion. |
ISBN |
9780199743186 alkaline paper |
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0199743185 alkaline paper |
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