Roman Wives, Roman Widows

Author: Bruce W. Winter
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802849717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
During the late Republic and early Empire, the new woman' made her appearance. This was a wife or widow of means who took part in life outside the walls of her house, including wider society, business and extra-marital affairs.

Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Women and the Pauline Communiti

Author: Bruce W. Winter
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417723379
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
In the first century A.D. a "new" kind of Roman woman appeared whose provocative dress and decorum departed radically from the image of modesty that epitomized the traditional wife or widow. How did the early church respond? In this fascinating book Bruce Winter explores for the first time the impact of the new women on Christian wives and widows living in the early Pauline communities. Combining sound knowledge of the Graeco-Roman world and of Paul's writings, Winter shows how changing social mores of women -- changes that even drew sharp responses from Roman legislators and teachers -- help to explain controversial texts in the New Testament. According to Winter, in the Roman world you were what you wore. Grasping this underlying reality it crucial to understanding what was at stake in Scriptures in 1 Corinthians that addresses marriage veils, discussions of dress code and the activities of young widows in 1 Timothy, and Titus's call to older women to instruct new wives. Based on close investigation of Graeco-Roman society, this book makes significant contributions both to our understanding of first-century life and the social background of the Bible.

Reading Roman Women

Author: Suzanne Dixon
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
How do we retrieve the lives of "real Roman women"? This book presents a range of examples to support the argument that our ideas of what we "know" about women's work, sexuality, commerce and political activity in the Roman world have been shaped by the format, or genre, of each ancient source.

Women and the Law in the Roman Empire

Author: Judith Evans Grubbs
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415152402
Category : Domestic relations (Roman law)
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood.

Lives of Roman Christian Women

Author: Carolinne White
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141943378
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee gladiator towards her own throat' Lives of Roman Christian Women is a unique collection of letters and documents from the third to the fifth centuries, celebrating Christian women from across the Roman Empire. During a crucial period in which Christianity transformed from a persecuted faith to the official religion of the Empire, these writings reveal the women who chose to dedicate their lives to Christ, by embracing martyrdom or by adopting a life of poverty and prayer, renouncing not only wealth but also their duties as wives and mothers.

Roman Realities

Author: Finley Hooper
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814315941
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 596

Book Description
Based on the major primary sources of Roman history, this book recalls the experiences of the ancient Romans through a thousand years of their history.

Women's Religious Activity in the Roman Republic

Author: Celia E. Schultz
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807830186
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Expanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia E. Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more--and more important--religious opportunities available to R

Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Author: Andrew M. Riggsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052168711X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.

The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic

Author: Harriet I. Flower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519

Book Description
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.

Co-wives, Co-widows

Author: Adrienne Yabouza
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1912868857
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
'At 49, Lidou is in his prime, a prosperous builder of houses in the Central African Republic and the proud husband of two beautiful wives, Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou. The only cloud on his horizon is the recent onset of impotence, for which he persuades a pharmacist friend to get him some pills. The day after his first dose, Lidou has a heart attack and drops dead, which gives his opportunistic cousin Zouaboua the chance to accuse the two newly-widowed women of poisoning Lidou, so that he can snatch his cousin’s property out from under their noses. If they’re going to keep what’s rightfully theirs, Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou must fight with all their might against a backdrop of corruption in which bribery oils the wheels of society, eroding decency and loyalty. It’s a weighty topic in many ways, but Adrienne Yabouza writes so lightly and colourfully that this is a delight to read.' Alastair Mabbott in The Herald