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Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion : The Power of the Hysterical Woman
Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion The Power of the Hysterical Woman
Author: Margaret Y. MacDonald
A study of how women figured in public reaction to the church from New Testament times to the second century CE. MacDonald shows the conviction of pagan writers that female initiative was central to Christianity's development, and the belief that women inclined toward excesses in religion. Concern in the New Testament and early Christian texts a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521561747
ISBN-10: 0521561744
Publication Date: 10/28/1996
Pages: 290
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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