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Oxford University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0195170652 . Minor scuffing to rear board. ; This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE. The selections 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; Religious Office; New Religious Affiliation and Conversion; Holy, Pious, and Exemplary Women; and The Feminine Divine. Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World provides a unique and invaluable…
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Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook Hardcover - 2004
by Ross Shepard Kraemer
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AUTHOR: Euripides (ca. 485-406 B.C.E.), one of the most famous of the Athenian playwrights, wrote a number of plays that feature Greek women: Medea Andromache, Hecuba, Helen, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, and Iphigenia in Tauris.
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- Title Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook
- Author Ross Shepard Kraemer
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 520
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, 2004. 520p. Hardback.
- Date 2004-03-04
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780195170658 / 0195170652
- Weight 1.84 lbs (0.83 kg)
- Dimensions 10.04 x 5.74 x 1.28 in (25.50 x 14.58 x 3.25 cm)
- Reading level 1370
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Cultural Region: Mediterranean
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Greece - Religion, Rome - Religion
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87045899
- Dewey Decimal Code 200.820
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