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  1. Virgin territory
    configuring female virginity in early Christianity
    Published: [2023]; © 2023
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780520389014
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 13
    Subjects: Virginity; Women in Christianity
    Scope: xvi, 273 Seiten
  2. Virgin territory
    configuring female virginity in early Christianity
    Published: [2023]; ©2023
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    "Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in... more

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    "Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that 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 shift 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"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780520389014
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 13
    Subjects: Virginity; Women in Christianity
    Scope: pages cm
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Introduction : ancient and present-day meanings for virginity -- Testing, showing, and perceiving virginity in antiquity -- Mary's forms of virginity in early Christian writings -- Virginity of body and soul : fourth-century Christian configurations -- Sealed fountains : the imagery of fourth-century Christian virginity discourse -- Perceptible virginity : its usefulness and consequences -- Augustine of Hippo and the problem of double integrity -- Conclusion : variety persists.

  3. Virgin territory
    configuring female virginity in early Christianity
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    Introduction : ancient and present-day meanings for virginity -- Testing, showing, and perceiving virginity in antiquity -- Mary's forms of virginity in early Christian writings -- Virginity of body and soul : fourth-century Christian configurations... more

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    Introduction : ancient and present-day meanings for virginity -- Testing, showing, and perceiving virginity in antiquity -- Mary's forms of virginity in early Christian writings -- Virginity of body and soul : fourth-century Christian configurations -- Sealed fountains : the imagery of fourth-century Christian virginity discourse -- Perceptible virginity : its usefulness and consequences -- Augustine of Hippo and the problem of double integrity -- Conclusion : variety persists. "Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that 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 shift 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"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780520389021; 0520389026
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 13
    Subjects: Virginity; Women in Christianity; Women in Christianity ; Early church; RELIGION / Christianity / History; History
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 273 Seiten)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  4. Virgin territory
    configuring female virginity in early Christianity
    Published: [2023]; © 2023
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    "Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in... more

     

    "Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that 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 shift 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"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Dissertation
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780520389014
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 13
    Subjects: Virginity; Women in Christianity
    Scope: xvi, 273 Seiten
    Notes:

    Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite 223-264

    Dissertation, Duke University, 2017

    Introduction : ancient and present-day meanings for virginity -- Testing, showing, and perceiving virginity in antiquity -- Mary's forms of virginity in early Christian writings -- Virginity of body and soul : fourth-century Christian configurations -- Sealed fountains : the imagery of fourth-century Christian virginity discourse -- Perceptible virginity : its usefulness and consequences -- Augustine of Hippo and the problem of double integrity -- Conclusion : variety persists.

  5. Virgin territory
    configuring female virginity in early Christianity
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    Introduction : ancient and present-day meanings for virginity -- Testing, showing, and perceiving virginity in antiquity -- Mary's forms of virginity in early Christian writings -- Virginity of body and soul : fourth-century Christian configurations... more

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    Introduction : ancient and present-day meanings for virginity -- Testing, showing, and perceiving virginity in antiquity -- Mary's forms of virginity in early Christian writings -- Virginity of body and soul : fourth-century Christian configurations -- Sealed fountains : the imagery of fourth-century Christian virginity discourse -- Perceptible virginity : its usefulness and consequences -- Augustine of Hippo and the problem of double integrity -- Conclusion : variety persists. "Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that 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 shift 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"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780520389021; 0520389026
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 13
    Subjects: Virginity; Women in Christianity; Women in Christianity ; Early church; RELIGION / Christianity / History; History
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 273 Seiten)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index