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Knust, Jennifer Wright, 1966-

Abandoned to lust sexual slander and ancient Christianity / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Wright Knust. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2006. - xviii, 279 p. - Gender, theory, and religion .

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-270) and index.

Introduction: Who's on top? : sex talk, power, and resistance -- Sexual slander and ancient invective -- Paul, the slaves of desire, the the saints of God -- Sexual vice and Christian Apologia -- The false teachers of the end time -- Illicit sex, wicked desire, and the demonized heretic.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 0231510047 (electronic bk.) 9780231510042 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Libel and slander--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Sex--Rome.
Libel and slander--Rome.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BR195.S48 / K58 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 241/.66