Becoming Men, Staying Women: Gender Ambivalence in Christian Apocryphal Texts and Contexts

The motif of women becoming men, taking on manly characteristics, or being made male appears in several Christian Apocryphal texts. This essay investigates the reasons behind this motif in terms of the cultural context without evaluating whether the attitude towards women which this particular motif...

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Main Author: Stefaniw, Blossom 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2010
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 341-355
Further subjects:B gender-ambivalence
B Early Christianity
B Apocrypha
B Late Antiquity
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