Unreliable witnesses: religion, gender, and history in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean
Four short stories : a Bacchic courtesan, the reporter from hell, the daughters of rabbis, a Roman Christian matron -- Spouses of wisdom : Philo's Therapeutae, reconsidered -- Thecla of Iconium, reconsidered -- Artemisia of Minorca : gender and the conversion of the Jews in the 5th century -- V...
| Summary: | Four short stories : a Bacchic courtesan, the reporter from hell, the daughters of rabbis, a Roman Christian matron -- Spouses of wisdom : Philo's Therapeutae, reconsidered -- Thecla of Iconium, reconsidered -- Artemisia of Minorca : gender and the conversion of the Jews in the 5th century -- Veturia of Rome and Rufina of Smyrna as counterbalance : women officeholders in ancient synagogues and Gentile adopters of Judean practices -- Rethinking gender, history and women's religions in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XV, 322 S. |
| ISBN: | 0-19-974318-5 978-0-19-974318-6 |
