Ascetic Piety and Women's Faith: Essays on Late Ancient Christianity (Studies in Women and Religion) [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Ann Clark (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1986 | ISBN-10: 0889465290 | ISBN-13: 978-0889465299

This prize-winning text treats the subject of women in the context of the early Christian world, discussing ascetic renunciation and feminine advancement, female monasticism, and patristic exegesis of the story of Eve and Adam and the Song of Songs.

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Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr (October 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0889465290
ISBN-13: 978-0889465299
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,060,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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