Her Share of the Blessings Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World

Name: Her Share of the Blessings Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World
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ISBN: 9780195086706

ISBN-10: 0195086708

ISBN-13: 9780195086706

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Ross Shepard Kraemer

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In this pathbreaking volume, Ross Shepard Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. She vividly recreates the religious lives of early Christian, Jewish, and pagan women, with many fascinating examples: Greek women's devotion to goddesses, rites of Roman matrons, Jewish women in rabbinic and diaspora communities, Christian women's struggles to exercise authority and autonomy, and women's roles as leaders in the full spectrum of Greco-Roman religions. In every case, Kraemer reveals the connections between the social constraints under which women lived, and their religious beliefs and practices. The relationship among female autonomy,…

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List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/20/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.99" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Women's Devotion to Ancient Greek Goddesses



Women's Devotion to Adonis



Women's Devotion to Dionysos



Rites of Roman Matrons



Women's Devotion to the Egyptian Goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman World



Women's Religious Offices in Greco-Roman Paganism



Jewish Women's Religious Lives in Rabbinic Sources



Jewish Women's Religious Lives and Offices in the Greco-Roman Diaspora



Autonomy, Prophecy, and Gender in Early Christianity



Heresy as Women's Religion: Women's Religion as Heresy



Women's Leadership and Offices in Christian Communities



Women's Religious Leadership and Offices in Retrospect


Epilogue: Toward a Theory of Women's Religions


Abbreviations


Notes


Ancient Sources and Translations


Bibliography


Index