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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Joseph: Add a description of this character.
- Paula
- Marcella
- Herod
- Demeter
- Mary
- John Chrysostom
- Thecla
- Jacob
- Nonnos
- R. Judah
- Alexander
- Ross S. Kraemer
- Aseneth
- Adam
- E. J. Brill
- Berenice
- Yehudah
- Simon
- Agrippa
- Routledge
- Saturninus
- Olympias
- Abraham
- Teubner
- Paulina
- Tryphaena
- Pentephres
- Artemis
- Eleazar
- Jerome
- Thomas
- Romana
- Helena
- Dionysius
- Persephone
- Martha
- David
- Aaron
- Gaius
- Tal Ilan
- Aramaic
- Isaiah
- Tertullian
- Abel
- Cain
Setting & Locations edit
- Egypt
- New York
- Jerusalem
- London
- Anthia
- Israel
- Judaism
- Antioch
- Asia
- Alexandria
- Italy
- Most High
- Turkey
- Arabia
- Princeton
- Cambridge
- Constantinople
- Maoza
- Babatha
- Bethlehem
- Syriac
- Atlanta
- Berkeley
- Aphrodisias
- Berlin
- Philadelphia
- Saviour
- Ephesus
- Hecate
- Sambathion
- Judaea
- Charildeia
- Galilee
- Tubingen
- Caesarea
- Euripides
- Seleucia
- Ephesos
- North Africa
- Collegeville
- Greece
- Chicago
- Cyprus
- Ceres
- Sicily
- Sanctus
- Hades
First Sentence edit
This section assembles ancient descriptions of women's engagement in various religious practices.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 200.82093
Subjects edit
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Christian Living › Women's Issues
- Books › History › Europe › Greece
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › History
- Books › History › Ancient › Greece
- Books › History › Ancient › Rome
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies
- Books › History › World
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