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Women’s Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook

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It is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book in the beginning published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a number of translations of number one texts relevant to ladies’s religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE. The decisions are taken 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; Spiritual Place of job; New Spiritual Affiliation and Conversion; Holy, Pious, and Exemplary Women; and The Feminine Divine. Women’s Religions within the Greco-Roman World provides a unique and invaluable resource for scholars of classical antiquity, early Christianity and Judaism, and women’s religion more in most cases.

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