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Author : Norma Lorre Goodrich
Release : 1990
Genre : Women and religion
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Book Rating : 162/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Priestesses by : Norma Lorre Goodrich
Download or read book Priestesses written by Norma Lorre Goodrich. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HISTORY-GENERAL HISTORY
Author : Joan Breton Connelly
Release : 2022-03-08
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 691/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Portrait of a Priestess by : Joan Breton Connelly
Download or read book Portrait of a Priestess written by Joan Breton Connelly. This book was released on 2022-03-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket bearers and handmaidens. Along the way, she challenges long-held beliefs to show that priestesses played far more significant public roles in ancient Greece than previously acknowledged. Connelly builds this history through a pioneering examination of archaeological evidence in the broader context of literary sources, inscriptions, sculpture, and vase painting. Ranging from southern Italy to Asia Minor, and from the late Bronze Age to the fifth century A.D., she brings the priestesses to life--their social origins, how they progressed through many sacred roles on the path to priesthood, and even how they dressed. She sheds light on the rituals they performed, the political power they wielded, their systems of patronage and compensation, and how they were honored, including in death. Connelly shows that understanding the complexity of priestesses' lives requires us to look past the simple lines we draw today between public and private, sacred and secular. The remarkable picture that emerges reveals that women in religious office were not as secluded and marginalized as we have thought--that religious office was one arena in ancient Greece where women enjoyed privileges and authority comparable to that of men. Connelly concludes by examining women's roles in early Christianity, taking on the larger issue of the exclusion of women from the Christian priesthood. This paperback edition includes additional maps and a glossary for student use.
Author : Lady Haight-Ashton
Release : 2022-07-29
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 299/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Pagan Portals - The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity by : Lady Haight-Ashton
Download or read book Pagan Portals - The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity written by Lady Haight-Ashton. This book was released on 2022-07-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity tells the story of the Oracles and Sibyls, Seers, Psychics, Sacred Dancers and Healers of ancient civilizations. They were empowered women who enthralled those who sought their advice and served the Goddess they revered. Tales about ancient Priestesses and the Sacred Temples where they lived, prayed and worked thousands of years ago, have fascinated archaeologists and historians for decades. Living in complex temple structures above ground and in underground cavernous tunnels, they shared vows of chastity and lived a dutiful and respected life. The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity is a story of these women, some well known and others forgotten to the centuries.
Author : Julie Parker
Release : 2020-09
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Book Rating : 788/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Priestess by : Julie Parker
Download or read book Priestess written by Julie Parker. This book was released on 2020-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priestess is a spiritual guide and companion that will enable you to explore what it means to be a modern spiritual leader and priestess.
Author : Meghan J. DiLuzio
Release : 2020-04-28
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 32X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Place at the Altar by : Meghan J. DiLuzio
Download or read book A Place at the Altar written by Meghan J. DiLuzio. This book was released on 2020-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Place at the Altar illuminates a previously underappreciated dimension of religion in ancient Rome: the role of priestesses in civic cult. Demonstrating that priestesses had a central place in public rituals and institutions, Meghan DiLuzio emphasizes the complex, gender-inclusive nature of Roman priesthood. In ancient Rome, priestly service was a cooperative endeavor, requiring men and women, husbands and wives, and elite Romans and slaves to work together to manage the community's relationship with its gods. Like their male colleagues, priestesses offered sacrifices on behalf of the Roman people, and prayed for the community’s well-being. As they carried out their ritual obligations, they were assisted by female cult personnel, many of them slave women. DiLuzio explores the central role of the Vestal Virgins and shows that they occupied just one type of priestly office open to women. Some priestesses, including the flaminica Dialis, the regina sacrorum, and the wives of the curial priests, served as part of priestly couples. Others, such as the priestesses of Ceres and Fortuna Muliebris, were largely autonomous. A Place at the Altar offers a fresh understanding of how the women of ancient Rome played a leading role in public cult.
