A Feminist Companion to Patristic Literature Book

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Introduction Amy-Jill Levine Levine, Amy-Jill 1

'Many Women Have Been Empowered Through God's Grace...' (1 Clem. 55.3): Feminist Contradictions and Curiosities in Clement of Rome Barbara E. Bowe Bowe, Barbara E. 15

Ambiguous Legacy: A Feminist Commentary on Clement of Alexandria's Works Denise Kimber Buell Buell, Denise Kimber 26

Torture and Travail: Producing the Christian Martyr Virginia Burrus Burrus, Virginia 56

Virginity and its Meaning for Women's Sexuality in Early Christianity Elizabeth A. Castelli Castelli, Elizabeth A. 72

Ideology, History and the Construction of 'Woman' in Late Ancient Christianity Elizabeth A. Clark Clark, Elizabeth A. 101

The Pentateuch or Plato: Two Competing Paradigms of Christian Sexual Morality in the Second Century ce Kathy L. Gaca Gaca, Kathy L. 125

Mater Ecclesia and Fons Aeterna: The Church and Her Womb in Ancient Christian Tradition Robin M. Jensen Jensen, Robin M. 137

When is a Text About a Woman a Text About a Woman?: The Cases of Aseneth and Perpetua Ross S. Kraemer Kraemer, Ross S. 156

The Patronage of Women in Early Christianity Carolyn Osiek Osiek, Carolyn 173

The Virgin Charioteer and the Bride of Christ: Gender and the Passions in Late Ancient Ethics and Early Christian Writings on Virginity Teresa M. Shaw Shaw, Teresa M. 193

Bibliography 211

Index 237