Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean
Sara Parks & Shayna Sheinfeld & Meredith J. C. Warren
Language: English
2 maccabees and women Acts of Paul and Thecla Ancient Christian Church General Hasmonean women History Joseph and Aseneth Judaism Judaism in the Second Temple Period Mary Magdalene Perpetua and Felicitas Religion Women followers of Jesus Women in the New Testament Apocrypha Women’s leadership in Judaism christian women in late antiquity christian women in the roman empire earjyl jewish women early christian domestic religion early christian household religion early christian women early christian women and ritual early christian women in the ancient mediterranean early christianity early jewish domestic religion early jewish household religion early jewish women and ritual hellenistic jewish women herodian women jewish women in the ancient mediterranean patristics and women second temple judaism second temple women women and pseudepigraphica women and ritual in the ancient mediterranean women in Pseudepigraphic texts women in gnosticism women in rabbinic judaism women in the apocrypha women in the early church
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 30, 2021
Description:
Winner of the 2023 CSBS' Frank W. Beare Award.
Honourable Mention for Best Book in Jewish Studies from the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies.
This engaging and accessible textbook provides an introduction to the study of ancient Jewish and Christian women in their Hellenistic and Roman contexts.
This is the first textbook dedicated to introducing women’s religious roles in Judaism and Christianity in a way that is accessible to undergraduates from all disciplines. The textbook provides brief, contextualising overviews that then allow for deeper explorations of specific topics in women’s religion, including leadership, domestic ritual, women as readers and writers of scripture, and as innovators in their traditions. Using select examples from ancient sources, the textbook provides teachers and students with the raw tools to begin their own exploration of ancient religion. An introductory chapter provides an outline of common hermeneutics or "lenses" through which scholars approach the texts and artefacts of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. The textbook also features a glossary of key terms, a list of further readings and discussion questions for each topic, and activities for classroom use. In short, the book is designed to be a complete, classroom-ready toolbox for teachers who may have never taught this subject as well as for those already familiar with it.
Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean is intended for use in undergraduate classrooms, its target audience undergraduate students and their instructors, although Masters students may also find the book useful. In addition, the book is accessible and lively enough that religious communities’ study groups and interested laypersons could employ the book for their own education.