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Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity (Volume 13) (Christianity in Late Antiquity)

Julia Kelto Lillis

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Description:Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways. Eventually Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virginity as something that could be perceived in women's sex organs. Treating virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this shift and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought, Virgin Territory illuminates unrecognized differences among early Christian sources and historicizes problematic ideas about women's bodies that still persist today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity (Volume 13) (Christianity in Late Antiquity). To get started finding Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity (Volume 13) (Christianity in Late Antiquity), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Women's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways. Eventually Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virginity as something that could be perceived in women's sex organs. Treating virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this shift and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought, Virgin Territory illuminates unrecognized differences among early Christian sources and historicizes problematic ideas about women's bodies that still persist today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity (Volume 13) (Christianity in Late Antiquity). To get started finding Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity (Volume 13) (Christianity in Late Antiquity), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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