Women in the world of the earliest Christians : illuminating ancient ways of life /
Cohick, Lynn H,
Women in the world of the earliest Christians : illuminating ancient ways of life / [print] Lynn H. Cohick. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2009. - 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Women as daughters -- Marriage and matron ideals -- Wives and the realities of marriage -- Motherhood -- Religious activities of Gentile women and God-fearers -- Religious activities and informal power of Jewish and Christian women -- Women's work -- Slaves and prostitutes -- Benefactors and the institution of patronage.
Draws on first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents to examine the lives and experiences of the earliest Christian women.
9780801031724
2009029934
Christian women--Social life and customs.--Rome
Jewish women--Social life and customs.--Rome
Women--Social life and customs.--Rome
BR195.C678.W664 2009
Women in the world of the earliest Christians : illuminating ancient ways of life / [print] Lynn H. Cohick. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2009. - 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Women as daughters -- Marriage and matron ideals -- Wives and the realities of marriage -- Motherhood -- Religious activities of Gentile women and God-fearers -- Religious activities and informal power of Jewish and Christian women -- Women's work -- Slaves and prostitutes -- Benefactors and the institution of patronage.
Draws on first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents to examine the lives and experiences of the earliest Christian women.
9780801031724
2009029934
Christian women--Social life and customs.--Rome
Jewish women--Social life and customs.--Rome
Women--Social life and customs.--Rome
BR195.C678.W664 2009