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Informationen zum Autor Amy-Jill Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, and director of the Carpenter Program in religion, gender and sexuality in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Maria Mayo Robbins is a doctoral candidate in religious studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Klappentext The Feminist Companion to Patristic Literature is the twelfth volume in the Feminist Companion to the Bible and Early Christian Literature series. Presenting cutting-edge studies by both established scholars and new voices from diverse cultures and contexts, the series not only displays the range of feminist readings, it offers essential readings for all students of the New Testament and early Christian literature.This volume examines a number of Patristic texts and early christian documents from a feminist perspective including Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria, the Christian Martyr and the Gospel of Thomas. Contributors: Barbara Bowe, Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley, Denise Buell, Virginia Burrus, Elizabeth Castelli, Elizabeth Clark, Kathy Gaca, Robin Jensen, Ross S Kraemer, Carolyn Osiek, Carolyn Osiek, Theresa Shaw Zusammenfassung Examines Patristic texts and early Christian documents from a feminist perspective, including "Clement of Rome", "Clement of Alexandria", the "Christian Martyr" and the "Gospel of Thomas". This volume is suitable for libraries; academics; postgraduates and upper level undergraduates. Inhaltsverzeichnis Barbara E. Bowe 'Many Women Have Been Empowered through God's Grace': Feminist Contradictions and Curiosities in Clement of Rome Denise Kimber Buell Ambiguous Legacy: A Feminist Commentary on Clement of Alexandria's Works Virginia Burrus Torture and Travail: Producing the Christian Martyr Elizabeth Castelli Virginity and its Meaning for Women's Sexuality in Early Christianity Elizabeth A. Clark Ideology, History and the Construction of 'Woman' in Late Ancient Christianity Kathy L. Gaca The Pentateuch or Plato: Two Competing Paradigms of Christian Sexual Morality Robin M. Jensen Mater Ecclesia and Fons Aeterna: The Church and Her Womb in Ancient Christian Tradition Ross S. Kraemer When Is A Text About a Woman a Text About a Woman: The Cases of Aseneth and Perpetua Carolyn Osiek The Patronage of Women in Early Christianity Teresa M. Shaw The Virgin Charioteer and the Bride of Christ: Gender and the Passions in Late Ancient Ethics and Early Christian Writings on Virginity ...
