Women In Early Christianity
Subtitle: Translations From Greek Texts
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: July 18, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780813214177
Subjects: Christianity; Women's studies; Sources; History; Religion; Religion - Church History; Women in Christianity; Christianity - History - General; General; Early church, ca. 30-600
First sentence: From the fictional Thecla in the second century to the very real Olympias in the early fifth century, the history of women in early Christianity was as varied as the religion itself.