Women's religions in the Greco-Roman world : a sourcebook / edited by Ross Shepard Kraemer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kraemer, Ross Shepard, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Religious life--Rome--History--Sources.

Women.

Women--Religious life--Greece--History--Sources.

Religion.

Women--Religious life.

History.

Rome--Religion--Sources.

Rome.

Greece--Religion--Sources.

Greece.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 487 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

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 century CE. The selections are taken from from the plethora of ancient religions, including Judaism and Christianity, and are translated from the six major languages of the Greco-Roman world: Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Coptic. The texts are grouped thematically in six sections: Observances, Rituals, and Festivals; Researching Real Women: Documents to, from and by Women; Religious Office; New Religious Affiliation and Conversion; Holy, Pious, and Exemplary Women; and The Feminine Divine. Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World provides a unique and invaluable resource for scholars of classical antiquity, early Christianity and Judaism, and women's religion more generally.

Contents:

1 Observances, Rituals, and Festivals

2 Researching Real Women: Documents to, from, and by Women

3 Religious Office

4 New Religious Affiliation and Conversion

5 Holy, Pious, and Exemplary Women

6 The Feminine Divine.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Maenads, martyrs, matrons, monastics, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0195170652

0195142780

OCLC:

53993041