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Control Numbermuse65146
Control Number IdentifierMdBmJHUP
Date and Time of Latest Transaction20180112030014.0
General Information180109r20182017mnu o 00 0 eng d
International Standard Book Number9781506411897
 9781506411880
System Control Number(OCoLC)1019646374
Cataloging SourceMdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP
Library of Congress Call NumberBR195.W6 S343 2017
Main Entry - Personal NameSchenk, Christine, author.
Title StatementCrispina and Her Sisters [electronic resource] : Women and Authority in Early Christianity / Christine Schenk, CSJ
Physical Description1 online resource (1 PDF (xx, 459 pages) :) illustrations
General NoteIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE
Formatted Contents Note1. Women and early Christianity : sociocultural context -- 2. Women and early Christianity : female authority opposed -- 3. Interpreting early Christian art -- 4. Women in Catacomb frescos and inscriptions -- 5. Commemorating the dead : Roman funerary customs and practices -- 6. Crispina and her sisters : portraits on Christian sarcophagi -- 7. More portraits on Christian sarcophagi -- 8. Women and authority in the fourth century : integrating the literary evidence
Summary, Etc.Discovering reliable information about women in early Christianity is a challenging enterprise. Most people have never heard of Bitalia, Veneranda, Crispina, Petronella, Leta, Sofia the Deacon, and many others even though their catacomb and tomb art suggests their authority was influential and valued by early Christian communities. This book explores visual imagery found on burial artifacts of prominent early Christian women. It carefully situates the tomb art within the cultural context of customary Roman commemorations of the dead. Recent scholarship about Roman portrait sarcophagi and the interpretation of early Christian art is also given significant attention. An in-depth review of women's history in the first four centuries of Christianity provides important context. A fascinating picture emerges of women's authority in the early church, a picture either not available or sadly distorted in the written history. It is often said "a picture is worth a thousand words." The portrait tombs of fourth-century Christian women suggest that they viewed themselves and/or their loved ones viewed them as persons of authority with religious influence
Subject Added Entry - Topical TermWomen in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
Index Term - Genre/FormElectronic books
 Electronic books. -- local
Added Entry - Corporate NameProject Muse,. distributor
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