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Title: Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook by Ross Shepard Kraemer ISBN: 0-19-514278-0 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Summary: The Spirit and Reality of the Women in the Greco-Roman World
Comment: WOMEN'S RELIGIONS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD: A SOURCEBOOK by Ross Shepard Kraemer is a revision of her 1988 work MAENADS, MARTYRS, MATRONS, MONASTICS but it could not have come at a better time. The interest in women's spirituality of all sorts has blossomed since the inception of the first version.
This book is divided up into six section dealing with different aspects of women's religion in the Greco-Roman World: Observances, Rituals, and Festivals; Researching Real Women: Documents to, from, and by Women; Religious Office; New Religious Affiliation and Conversion; Holy, Pious and Exemplary Women; and The Feminine Divine. Each section has an introduction and Kraemer is not hesitant in explaining the current thoughts and controversies in the scholarly world. She is also very forthcoming about her own changes in opinion since 1988. I really enjoyed her honesty. Each text also contained a bibliography of its own so if one is interested in a particular text or subject matter more information will be easy to find. I was more interested in the Pagan subject matter, but the material on women in Judaism and Christianity (including Gnostic) is just as fascinating. The last section was by far my favorite for what it said about the ideas of the feminine divine in all the religious spheres.
This book will be of significant interest to those involved in women's studies, women's spirituality, the ancient world of the Greco-Romans, as well as those interested in the cultural change and exchange between the world of the Pagan, the Jews and the Christians.
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Title: Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism (Studies in Antiquity & Christianity) by Karen L. King ISBN: 1563383314 Publisher: Trinity Pr Intl Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle by Karen L. King ISBN: 0944344585 Publisher: Polebridge Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Beyond Belief : The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels ISBN: 0375501568 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by Bart D. Ehrman ISBN: 0195141830 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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