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Women and gender in ancient religions : interdisciplinary approaches
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Women and gender in ancient religions : interdisciplinary approaches

Author: Stephen P Ahearne-Kroll; Paul A Holloway; James A Kelhoffer
Publisher: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, ©2010.
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 263.
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Women and gender in ancient religions.
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2010
(OCoLC)776151129
Material Type: Conference publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen P Ahearne-Kroll; Paul A Holloway; James A Kelhoffer
ISBN: 9783161505799 3161505794
OCLC Number: 676739432
Notes: Revised versions of papers given at the conference "Women in the Religious and Intellectual Activity of the Ancient Mediterranean World : an Interdisciplinary and International Conference in Honor of Adela Yarbro Collins" held March 15-17, 2009 at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and The Ohio State University"--Introd. p. [1].
Description: ix, 507 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Narrative. The Virgin and the Goddess : women and religion in the Greek romance / Loveday Alexander --
The portrayal of Aseneth in Joseph and Aseneth : women's religious experience in antiquity and the limitations of ancient narratives / Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll --
Roman imperial family values and the Gospel of Mark : the divorce sayings (Mark 10:2-12) / Mary Rose D'Angelo --
A tale of two Markan characterizations : the exemplary woman who anointed Jesus' body for burial (14:3-9) and the silent trio who fled the empty tomb (16:1-8) / James A. Kelhoffer --
Motherhood and the making of fathers in antiquity : contextualizing genetics in the Gospel of John / Turid Karlsen Seim --
Embryology, plant biology, and divine generation in the Fourth Gospel / Clare K. Rothschild --
Blaming the women : women at Herod's court in Josephus' Jewish antiquities 15.23-231 / Jan Willem van Henten --
To bear or not to bear : the argument for abstinence in the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians / Robert Doran --
Blood ties : martyrdom, motherhood, and family in the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas / Candida R. Moss --
A new web for Arachne and a new veil for the temple : women and weaving from Athena to the Virgin Mary / Jeremy F. Hultin. Ritual. Victimology, or, How to blame someone for an untimely death / Fritz Graf --
Blaming the witch : some reflections upon unexpected death / Radcliffe G. Edmonds III --
Forget me not : memory and the female subject in ancient binding spells / Stephen J. Davis --
Women and Eros in Greek magic and the Acts of Paul and Thecla / Matt Jackson-McCabe --
Holding the line : women, ritual, and the protection of Rome / Carin M.C. Green. Logos. Gender and grief : Seneca's Ad Marciam and Ad Helviam matrem / Paul A. Holloway --
Religious experience, the religion of Paul, and women in the Pauline churches / Christopher N. Mount --
The example of Thecla and the example(s) of Paul : disputing women's roles in early Christianity / Outi Lehtipuu --
Sōphrosynē for women in Pythagorean texts / Annette Bourland Huizenga --
Becoming the perfect man : Clement of Alexandria on the philosophical life of women / Judith L. Kovacs --
The Spirit as Mother in early Syriac-speaking Christianity / Susan E. Myers.
Series Title: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 263.
Responsibility: edited by Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Paul A. Holloway and James A. Kelhoffer.
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