Del 13 i serien Christianity in Late Antiquity

Virgin Territory

Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways. Eventually Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virginity as something that could be perceived in women's sex organs. Treating virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this change and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought, Virgin Territory illuminates unrecognized differences among early Christian sources and historicizes problematic ideas about women's bodies that still persist today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-12-13
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieChristianity in Late Antiquity
Antal sidor290
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520389014

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes to the Reader Abbreviations for Series and Reference WorksIntroduction: Ancient and Present-Day Meanings for VirginityPART ONE. Virginity with and without Virginal Anatomy 1. Testing, Showing, and Perceiving Virginity in Antiquity2. Mary’s Forms of Virginity in Early Christian WritingsPART TWO. Christian Conceptualizations of Virginity in the Fourth Century3. Virginity of Body and Soul: Fourth-Century Christian Configurations4. Sealed Fountains: The Imagery of Fourth-Century Christian Virginity DiscoursePART THREE. The Cost of Anatomized Virginity for Late Ancient Christians5. Perceptible Virginity: Its Usefulness and Consequences6. Augustine of Hippo and the Problem of Double IntegrityConclusion: Variety PersistsBibliographyIndex