Love Between Women : Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism /

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Love Between Women examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and establishes that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awarene...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brooten, Bernadette J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2009]
Colección:The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society
Temas:
Lesbianism > Biblical teaching.
Lesbianism > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Lesbianism > Rome.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
romance, romantic, lesbian, lgbtqia, christian, christianity, early, history, historical, female, women, homoerotic, homoeroticism, sexuality, sex, sexual, rome, roman, ancient world, antiquity, culture, cultural, bible, biblical, faith, belief, religious studies, queer, gender, classics, criticism, interpretation, close reading, lesbianism, erotic, desire, new testament.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Technical Terms, Short Titles, and keys to Symbols
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part One: Female Homoeroticism in the Roman World: The Cultural Context of Early Christianity
  • 2. Introduction: Of Sappho, Woman -Woman Marriage, and the Ways of the Egyptians
  • 3. "Inflame Her Liver with Love": Greek Erotic Spells from Egypt
  • 4. Predetermined Erotic Orientations: Astrological Texts
  • 5. Women with Masculine Desires: Medical Treatments
  • 6. Unnatural Love: Classifying Dreams
  • Part Two: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism
  • 7. Introduction: Of British Schoolteachers and Romans
  • 8. Paul's Letter to the Romans: Interpretive Frameworks and Female Homoeroticism
  • 9. Romans 1: 18-32: A Commentary
  • 10. Intertextual Echoes in Romans 1: 18-32
  • 11. Tortures in Hell: Early Church Fathers on Female Homoeroticism
  • 12. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Select Annotated Bibliography on Romans 1 : 26f and the New Testament and Homosexuality Generally
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Premodern Sources
  • Index of Ancient Terms

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