The Gendered Palimpsest - Women, Writing, and Representation in Early Christianity

Zusatztext The book is written in a lively and witty style which engages the reader and draws her into the world which Haines-Eitzen describes. Informationen zum Autor H. Stanley Krusen Professor of World Religions and Professor of Early Christianity; Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Religious Studies Program at Cornell University Klappentext The book provides a thorough treatment of the roles of women as authors, scribes, booklenders, and patrons of early Christianity literature, and of the ways in which the representation of female figures was contested in the process of copying early Christian texts. Zusammenfassung The book provides a thorough treatment of the roles of women as authors, scribes, booklenders, and patrons of early Christianity literature, and of the ways in which the representation of female figures was contested in the process of copying early Christian texts.

Summary

The book provides a thorough treatment of the roles of women as authors, scribes, booklenders, and patrons of early Christianity literature, and of the ways in which the representation of female figures was contested in the process of copying early Christian texts.

Product details

• Authors: Haines-Eitzen, Kim Haines-Eitzen, Haines-Eitzen Kim
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2011
• EAN: 9780195171297
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517129-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christianity, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, The Early Church