TY - MANSCPT AU - Ahearne-Kroll,Stephen P. AU - Holloway,Paul A. AU - Kelhoffer,James A. TI - Women and gender in ancient religions: interdisciplinary approaches SN - 9783161505799 (cloth : hbk.) : AV - BL458 .W5625 2010 U1 - 200.820901 DDC22ger PY - 2010/// CY - T bingen PB - Mohr Siebeck KW - Women and religion KW - Mediterranean Region KW - History KW - Women in Christianity KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Paganism KW - Antike KW - swd KW - Religion KW - Frau KW - Geschlechterrolle KW - Griechenland KW - Rm̲isches Reich KW - Columbus KW - Kongress N1 - 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; Pt. I; Narrative; The Virgin and the Goddess : women and religion in the Greek romance; Loveday Alexander --; The portrayal of Aseneth in Joseph and Aseneth : women's religious experience in antiquity and the limitations of ancient narratives; Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll --; Roman Imperial family values and the Gospel of Mark : the divorce sayings (Mark 10:2-12); Mary Rose D'Angelo --; 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); James A. Kelhoffer --; Motherhood and making of fathers in antiquity : contextualizing genetics in the Gospel of John; Turid Karlsen Seim --; Embryology, plant biology, and divine generation in the fourth gospel; Clare K. Rothschild --; Blamint the women : women at Herod's court in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 15.23-231; Jan Willem van Henten --; To bear or not to bear : the argument for abstinence in the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians; Robert Doran --; Blood ties : martyrdom, mothehood, and family in the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas; Candida R. Moss --; A new web for Arachne and a new veil for the temple : women and weaving from Athena to the Virgin Mary; Jeremy F. Hultin --; Pt. II; Ritual; Victimology : or, how to blame someone for an untimely death; Fritz Graf --; Blaming the witch : some reflections upon unexpected death; Radcliffe G. Edmonds III --; Forget me not : memory and the female subject in ancient binding spells; Stephen J. Davis --; Women and Eros in Greek magic and the Acts of Paul and Thecla; Matt Jackson-McCabe --; Holding the line : women, ritual, and the protection of Rome; Carin M. C. Green --; Pt. III; Logos; Gender and grief : Seneca's Ad Marciam and Ad Helviam matrem; Paul A. Holloway --; Religious experience, the religion of Paul, and women in the Pauline churches; Christopher N. Mount --; The example of Thecla and the example(s) of Paul : disputing women's roles in Early Christianity; Outi Lehtipuu --; S ophrosyn e for women in Pythagorean texts; Annette Bourland Huizenga --; Becoming the perfect man : Clement of Alexandria on the philosophical life of women; Judith L. Kovacs --; The Spirit as Mother in early Syriac-speaking Christianity; Susan E. Myers ER -