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Crispina and her sisters : women and authority in early Christianity /

Discovering reliable information about women in early Christianity is a challenging enterprise. Most people have never heard of Bitalia, Veneranda, Crispina, Petronella, Leta, Sofia the Deacon, and many others even though their catacomb and tomb art suggests their authority was influential and value...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schenk, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Women and early Christianity : sociocultural context
  • Women and early Christianity : female authority opposed
  • Interpreting early Christian art
  • Women in catacomb frescos and inscriptions
  • Commemorating the dead : Roman funerary customs and practices
  • Crispina and her sisters : portraits on Christian sarcophagi
  • More portraits on Christian sarcophagi
  • Women and authority in the fourth century : integrating the literary evidence.