Format:
xvi, 273 Seiten ;
,
24 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-520-38901-4
Series Statement:
Christianity in late antiquity 13
Content:
"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"--
Note:
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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520389021
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Jungfräulichkeit
;
Vätertheologie
;
Christliche Literatur
;
Frühchristentum
;
History
