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Language: en
Pages: 444
Pages: 444
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-14 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 278
Pages: 278
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-28 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
The father-daughter dyad features in the Hebrew Bible in all of narratives, laws, myths and metaphors. In previous explorations of this relationship, the tenden
Language: en
Pages: 316
Pages: 316
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
This collection of essays addresses a number of questions regarding the role of consent in marriage and in sexual relations outside of marriage in ancient and m
Language: en
Pages: 184
Pages: 184
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-11-17 - Publisher: Verso
This startling study of early Christian attitudes toward sexuality begins with an account of the different stances adopted by the Church—from the Early Father
Language: en
Pages: 276
Pages: 276
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-14 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
Household Interests is one of the first books to explore in-depth the nature of the Greek household (oikos) in classical Athens. Whereas the oikos traditionally