Virgin territory: configuring female virginity in early Christianity
"Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways. Eventually...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Christianity in late antiquity
13 |
| Further subjects: | B
Women in Christianity
History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Virginity Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 |
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| Summary: | "Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways. Eventually Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virginity as something that could be perceived in women's sex organs. Treating virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this shift and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought, Virgin Territory illuminates unrecognized differences among early Christian sources and historicizes problematic ideas about women's bodies that still persist today"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520389018 |