Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean (Hardcover)

List of figures List of tables List of boxes List of activities Acknowledgements Introduction for Instructors Chapter 1: Introduction What Sort of Book is This? What is Gender Studies? What is a Text and what is Reading? Conclusion: What Role do our Assumptions Play in our Reading? Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 2: Religious Systems of Antiquity Introduction: Standard Religious Categories and Why We Challenge Them Problematic Vocabulary: Jewish, Christian, Pagan The Academic Study of Religion Greco-Roman Religions: An Overview Conclusion Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 3: Bodies of Literature Introduction: Diversity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity What Bodies of Literature are Available from Antiquity? Apocrypha Early Christian Apocrypha Rabbinic Literature Patristic and Apostolic Literature Conclusion: Tools for these TextsDiscussion QuestionsGlossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 4: Accessing Ancient Sources Introduction to Hermeneutics Subjectivity and the Text Interpretive Lenses　 Conclusion: Off You Go! Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 5: Ancient Judaism Introduction: Judaism in the Second Temple Period History and Ancient Historians Josephus Women of the Hasmonaean and Herodian Courts Women and Second Temple Groups Saduccees Essenes The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran Therapeutae The Babatha Archives Conclusion: So Many Unknowns Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 6: Early Jesus Movement Introduction The Early Jesus Movement Why a Separate Chapter on Jesus? Jesus and Jewish/Roman Politics Women Followers of Jesus in Paul Women Followers of Jesus in the Gospels and Acts Disciples, Apostles, Baptisers Mary Magdalene The Samaritan Woman Conclusion: Context is Key Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 7: Religion in Daily Life: From Birth to Death Introduction: Public Men and Private Women? Not so fast. Beginnings: Marriage and Birth Marriage Rituals Birth Middles: Daily Life Menstruation Women’s Ritual in the Home Community Leadership Endings Divorce Death Conclusion: From History to Herstory Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 8: Women as Consumers, Characters, and Creators of Literature Introduction: On Literature and Women Thinking with Women The Rise of Women Protagonists Women Authors? Conclusion: Women Consumers, Characters, and Creators Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 9: (Wo)manly Ways of Dying Introduction: Martyrdom, Sacrifice, Noble Death Martyrdom as Text Noble Death: Socrates Manly Martyrs, Gendered Bodies Martyrs in 2 Maccabees Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas Thecla: A Failed Martyr? Masada: Preemptive Martyrs? Conclusion: Persecution’s Mythical Function Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Chapter 10: The Second Century and Beyond Introduction: Continuities and Differences into Later Antiquity Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue Women Leaders in the Early Church Women in Rabbinic Literature Brief History of the Rabbinic Period Conclusion: Your Suspicious and Savvy Mission Discussion Questions Glossary Terms Further Reading Glossary Bibliography Index