T 6:00-8:40 PM. S.Sheinfeld.
The majority of literary and material evidence from religions in the ancient world was produced by men, for men. So what can be said of women in antiquity? 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, Greek, and Roman religious traditions. Using texts from Juvenal, the Apocrypha (Susanna; Acts of Paul and Thecla), the New Testament (Gospels) Leucippe and Clitophon, 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/Greek/Roman antiquity, with a focus on the special problems that arise from attempting to make socio-historical claims from literary evidence. Cross-listed with RL 369. Attributes: GWS