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Women and Knowledge in Early Christianity

Women and Knowledge in Early Christianity2017

Ulla Tervahauta

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Women and Knowledge in Early Christianity offers a collection of essays that deal with perceptions of wisdom, femaleness, and their interconnections in a wide range of ancient sources, including papyri, Nag Hammadi documents, heresiological accounts and monastic literature. Readership: Scholars of early Christianity, ancient history and philosophy and anyone interested in questions pertaining to how gender and the role of women were perceived in late Antiquity.

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First published
2017
OL Work ID
OL23498476W

Subjects

ChristianityWomen in ChristianityHistoryGnosticismWomen in the BibleWomenTheory of KnowledgeEarly church

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