The first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity, this book vividly recreates the religious lives of early Christian, Jewish, and pagan women based on epitaphs and public inscriptions, letters and personal documents, references in literary works, and feminist and anthropological studies.

In this pathbreaking volume, Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity, vividly recreating the religious lives of early Christian, Jewish, and pagan women. She offers many fascinating examples, and in every case, reveals the connections between the social constraints under which women lived and their religious beliefs and practices.

should serve as a fine stimulus to further study in this important and controversial area