Unreliable witnesses : religion, gender, and history in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean / Ross Shepard Kraemer.
| Author/creator | Kraemer, Ross Shepard, 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xv, 322 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Four short stories : a Bacchic courtesan, the reporter from hell, the daughters of rabbis, a Roman Christian matron -- Spouses of wisdom : Philo's Therapeutrides, reconsidered -- Thecla of Iconium, reconsidered -- Artemisia of Minorca : gender and the conversion of the Jews in the fifth century -- Veturia of Rome and Rufina of Smyrna as counterbalance : women office holders in ancient synagogues and Gentile adopters of Judean practices -- Rethinking gender, history and women's religions in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-304) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010009174 |
| ISBN | 9780199743186 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199743185 (alk. paper) |