Goddesses and the Divine Feminine
Subtitle: A Western Religious History
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780520231467
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; History - General History; General; Religion - Theology; Women's Studies - General; Religion; Women and religion; Christian Theology - Feminine; Religion / General; Gender Studies; Comparative Religion; Goddess religion; Goddesses; Christianity - Theology - Feminine
First sentence: To examine the contested issue of gender in ancient Near Eastern prehistory, I begin with a definition of the period.