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Author : Ross Shepard Kraemer
Release : 1988
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics by : Ross Shepard Kraemer
Download or read book Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics written by Ross Shepard Kraemer. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2004
Genre : Greece
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Book Synopsis Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World by :
Download or read book Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World written by . This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book first published by Fortress Press in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. It collects translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion (pagan, Jewish, and Christian) in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE.
Author : Ross Shepard Kraemer
Release : 2004-03-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World by : Ross Shepard Kraemer
Download or read book Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World written by Ross Shepard Kraemer. This book was released on 2004-03-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE. The selections are taken from the plethora of ancient religions, including Judaism and Christianity, and are translated from the six major languages of the Greco-Roman world: Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Coptic. The texts are grouped thematically in six sections: Observances, Rituals, and Festivals; Researching Real Women: Documents to, from and by Women; Religious Office; New Religious Affiliation and Conversion; Holy, Pious, and Exemplary Women; and The Feminine Divine. Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World provides a unique and invaluable resource for scholars of classical antiquity, early Christianity and Judaism, and women's religion more generally.
Author : Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Release : 2019-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Women's History of the Christian Church by : Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Download or read book Women's History of the Christian Church written by Elizabeth Gillan Muir. This book was released on 2019-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing two thousand years of female leadership, influence, and participation, Elizabeth Gillan Muir examines the various positions women have filled in the church. From the earliest female apostle, and the little known stories of the two Marys - the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene - to the enlightened duties espoused by the nun, the abbess, and the anchorite, and the persecutions of female "witches," Muir uncovers the rich and often tumultuous relationship between women and Christianity. Offering broad coverage of both the Catholic and Protestant traditions and extending geographically well beyond North America, A Women's History of the Christian Church presents a chronological account of how women developed new sects and new churches, such as the Quakers and Christian Science. The book includes a timeline of women in Christian history, over 25 black-and-white illustrations, a glossary, and a list of primary and secondary sources to complement the content in each chapter.
Author : Ross Shepard Kraemer
Release : 1994-01-20
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Her Share of the Blessings by : Ross Shepard Kraemer
Download or read book Her Share of the Blessings written by Ross Shepard Kraemer. This book was released on 1994-01-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pathbreaking volume, Ross Shepard Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. She vividly recreates the religious lives of early Christian, Jewish, and pagan women, with many fascinating examples: Greek women's devotion to goddesses, rites of Roman matrons, Jewish women in rabbinic and diaspora communities, Christian women's struggles to exercise authority and autonomy, and women's roles as leaders in the full spectrum of Greco-Roman religions. In every case, Kraemer reveals the connections between the social constraints under which women lived, and their religious beliefs and practices. The relationship among female autonomy, sexuality, and religion emerges as a persistent theme. Analyzing the monastic Jewish Therapeutae and various Christian communities, Kraemer demonstrates the paradoxical liberation which women achieved by rejection of sexuality, the body, and the female. In the epilogue, Kraemer pursues the disturbing implications such findings have for contemporary women. Based on an astonishing variety of primary sources, Her Share of the Blessings is an insightful work that goes beyond the limitations of previous scholarship to provide a more accurate portrait of women in the Greco-Roman world.
