Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity By J. K. Lillis (2023)

Authors

  • Jeannie Sellick Bowdoin College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bar.26756

Keywords:

Female Virginity, Early Christianity

Abstract

Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity By J. K. Lillis (2023) Oakland: University of California Press, xvi + 222pp.

References

Lillis, J. K. (2016) Paradox in partu: verifying virginity in the Protevangelium of James. Journal of Early Christian Studies 24(1): 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2016.0000

Rosenberg, M. (2018) Signs of Virginity: Testing Virgins and Making Men in Late Antiquity. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190845896.001.0001

Undheim, S. (2017) Borderline Virginities: Sacred and Secular Virgins in Late Antiquity. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315569734

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Published

2025-01-13

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1: Special Issue: Islamic ethics embodied: premodern discourses of medicine, law, affect, and philosophy

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How to Cite

Sellick, J. (2025). Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity By J. K. Lillis (2023). Body and Religion, 7(1), 141–146. https://doi.org/10.1558/bar.26756