CLA 328 Women in the Ancient World
The majority of literary and material evidence from the ancient world was produced by men, for men. So what can be said of women in the ancient world? This class will explore that question using a variety of methodological approaches to the ancient evidence relating to women and their participation in ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Greek and Roman religious traditions. Using texts like Juvenal, Susanna, Leucippe and Clitophon, the Gospels, Acts of Paul and Thecla and a variety of material evidence, we will try to uncover what can be known about women and the construction of gender and religion in Jewish/Christian/Greco-Roman antiquity, with a focus on the special problems that arise from attempting to make socio-historical claims from literary evidence.
Cross Listed Courses
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REL 328