Women and gender in ancient religions : interdisciplinary approaches / [manuscript] :
edited by Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Paul A. Holloway and James A. Kelhoffer.
- T bingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2010.
- ix, 507 p. ; 24 cm.
- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 263 0512-1604 ; .
- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 263. .
Revised versions of papers given at the conference "Women in the Religious and Intellectual Activity of the Ancient Mediterranean World : an Interdisciplinary and International Conference in Honor of Adela Yarbro Collins" held March 15-17, 2009 at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and The Ohio State University": Introd. p. [1]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Narrative: The Virgin and the Goddess : women and religion in the Greek romance / The portrayal of Aseneth in Joseph and Aseneth : women's religious experience in antiquity and the limitations of ancient narratives / Roman Imperial family values and the Gospel of Mark : the divorce sayings (Mark 10:2-12) / A tale of two Markan characterizations : the exemplary woman who anointed Jesus' body for burial (14:3-9) and the silent trio who fled the empty tomb (16:1-8) / Motherhood and making of fathers in antiquity : contextualizing genetics in the Gospel of John / Embryology, plant biology, and divine generation in the fourth gospel / Blamint the women : women at Herod's court in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 15.23-231 / To bear or not to bear : the argument for abstinence in the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians / Blood ties : martyrdom, mothehood, and family in the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas / A new web for Arachne and a new veil for the temple : women and weaving from Athena to the Virgin Mary / Loveday Alexander -- Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll -- Mary Rose D'Angelo -- James A. Kelhoffer -- Turid Karlsen Seim -- Clare K. Rothschild -- Jan Willem van Henten -- Robert Doran -- Candida R. Moss -- Jeremy F. Hultin -- Pt. I: Ritual: Victimology : or, how to blame someone for an untimely death / Blaming the witch : some reflections upon unexpected death / Forget me not : memory and the female subject in ancient binding spells / Women and Eros in Greek magic and the Acts of Paul and Thecla / Holding the line : women, ritual, and the protection of Rome / Fritz Graf -- Radcliffe G. Edmonds III -- Stephen J. Davis -- Matt Jackson-McCabe -- Carin M. C. Green -- Pt. II.: Logos: Gender and grief : Seneca's Ad Marciam and Ad Helviam matrem / Religious experience, the religion of Paul, and women in the Pauline churches / The example of Thecla and the example(s) of Paul : disputing women's roles in Early Christianity / S ophrosyn e for women in Pythagorean texts / Becoming the perfect man : Clement of Alexandria on the philosophical life of women / The Spirit as Mother in early Syriac-speaking Christianity / Paul A. Holloway -- Christopher N. Mount -- Outi Lehtipuu -- Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Judith L. Kovacs -- Susan E. Myers Pt. III:
Women and religion--History.--Mediterranean Region Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600. Paganism--History.--Mediterranean Region Antike. Religion. Frau. Geschlechterrolle.