Regulating sex in the Roman Empire : ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians

Regulating sex in the Roman Empire : ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians / David Wheeler-Reed.

Author/creator	Wheeler-Reed, David author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2017]
Copyright Notice	©2017
Description	xxi., 177 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	Sex--History. Sex--Religious aspects --Judaism. Sex--Religious aspects --Christianity. Christianity and culture--History --Early church, ca. 30-600.

Series	Synkrisis : comparative approaches to early Christianity in Greco-Roman culture Synkrisis. ^A1145020
Contents	Augustus and the Roman Empire: the birth of an ideology -- Judaism: an ideology of procreationism -- New Testament: conflicting ideologies of the family -- Early church: the battle begins -- Then and now: reification.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-167) and indexes.
Genre/form	History.
ISBN	9780300227727
ISBN	0300227728

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HQ13 .W544 2017	✔ Available	Place Hold