Ephesian women in Greco-Roman and Early Christian perspective
Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Table of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Place and Time -- B. Sources and Analytical Categories -- I. Early Christian Writings -- II. Analytical Categories -- III. Ephesian Greco-Roman Literary and Archaeological Evidence -- IV. The "Wo...
| Summary: | Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Table of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Place and Time -- B. Sources and Analytical Categories -- I. Early Christian Writings -- II. Analytical Categories -- III. Ephesian Greco-Roman Literary and Archaeological Evidence -- IV. The "Women" in our Sources -- C. Method -- D. Terminology -- Chapter 2: History of Scholarship -- A. The Location: Ephesus -- I. The Locality Argument -- B. The Subject: Women -- C. Outline of Chapters -- Chapter 3: Social History of Ephesus -- A. Ancient History of the City -- B. The Principate -- I. The Legal Situation in Ephesus -- C. The Temple of Artemis and Imperial Cult Temples -- D. Domestic Life -- E. Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Marriage -- A. Who Makes Up a Household? -- I. What is in the sources? -- B. The Perception of Marriage in Ephesus -- I. Inside the Home -- II. Epigraphic Evidence -- III. Marriage in Greco-Roman Society -- 1. Age of Marriage -- 2. Education of Girls -- 3. Dowry -- 4. The Wedding -- 5. The Legal Part of Marriage -- a. Marriage and Guardianship -- b. Ius Trium Liberorum -- IV. Conclusion -- C. The Perception of Marriage in Early Christian Ephesian Writings -- I. The Authorship Argument -- II. Christian, Greco-Roman, or Both? -- 1. Attitudes Towards the Christianisation of Greco-Roman Customs -- 2. Motivation Behind Christianisation of Greco-Roman Customs -- 3. Should They Divorce the Unbelieving Spouse? -- III. Equal or Superior? -- IV. Bishops' Opinions on Wives -- D. Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Widows and Other Single Women -- A. Why Widows, Virgins and Divorcees? -- B. Ephesian Widows, Virgins and Divorcees -- I. Epigraphic Evidence -- 1. Widows and Divorcees -- 2. Virgins -- II. Reputation of Widows -- 1. Petronius' 'Widow of Ephesus' -- 2. Melite of Ephesus -- III. Widows in Greco-Roman Society -- 1. The Issue of Remarriage. |
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| ISBN: | 3161560663 |