Signs of virginity : testing virgins and making men in late antiquity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rosenberg, Micha'el, 1978- (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Virginity > Religious aspects > Judaism > History of doctrines. Sex crimes > Religious aspects > Judaism > History of doctrines. Masculinity > Religious aspects > Judaism > History of doctrines. Virginity > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600. Sex crimes > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600. Masculinity > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION > Judaism > General. 30-600 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Virginity and violence in cross-cultural perspective
Bloodied sheets: the biblical nuptial bed as rape scene
"Trustworthy women" and other witnesses: tweaking Deuteronomy in pre-rabbinic and early rabbinic Judaism
Doubts and faith: possible alternatives in three first century Jewish authors
Struck by wood, struck by God: virginity beyond and despite anatomy in the Protevangelium of James, the Mishnah, and late antique Syriac poetry
Open doors and accused brides: subjectivity and a new standard for virginity testing in rabbinic Babylonia
Impure nuptials and sex as work: the Bavli's attempted divorce of virginity from violence
(de)mythologizing the hymen: Augustine, the Bavli, and the rejection of force.