early Christian responses to female homoeroticismBrooten, Bernadette J.creatortextbibliographyCommentCriticism, interpretation, etc.History.iluChicagoUniversity of Chicago Press1996monographiceng

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xxii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm"Bernadette J. Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Employing an unparalleled range of cultural sources, from magical spells and medical texts to astrological horoscopes, Brooten finds evidence of marriages between women and discusses the surgical procedure of clitoridectomy as a method of controlling female homoeroticism. She incontrovertibly establishes the fact that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of sexual love between women. Culling significant information from her sources to illuminate the lives and beliefs of myriad ancient Mediterranean peoples, she gives a tour, at once delightful and distressing, of Roman-world attitudes."--Jacket.Context within Current Scholarship on Same-Sex Love in Antiquity -- This Study within the Context of Ancient Mediterranean Women's History -- This Study within the Context of Lesbian History -- Female Homoeroticism in the Roman World: The Cultural Context of Early Christianity -- Introduction: Of Sappho, Woman-Woman Marriage, and the Ways of the Egyptians -- Sappho of Lesbos -- Classical and Hellenistic Greek Literature -- Classical Latin Literature -- Greek Authors of the Roman Period -- Artistic Representations -- Postbiblical Judaism -- "Inflame Her Liver with Love": Greek Erotic Spells from Egypt -- The Female Homoerotic Binding Spells: Texts and Commentary -- Interpreting Cultural Ideology -- Reconstructing Women's History -- The Erotic Spells, Magic, and Religion -- The Spells and Early Christianity -- Predetermined Erotic Orientations: Astrological Texts -- Dorotheos of Sidon -- Manetho -- Ptolemy -- Vettius Valens -- Hermes Trismegistos -- Firmicus Maternus -- Hephaistion of Thebes -- Women with Masculine Desires: Medical Treatments -- Tribades as Mentally Ill -- Clitoridectomy for Women with Masculine Desires -- The Medical Heritage of Female Homoeroticism -- Unnatural Love: Classifying Dreams -- Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism -- Introduction: Of British Schoolteachers and Romans -- Paul's Letter to the Romans: Interpretive Frameworks and Female Homoeroticism -- Literary Approaches to Romans -- Interpretive Frameworks for Romans 1:18-32 -- Romans 1:18-32: A Commentary -- Commentary on Romans 1:16-32.Bernadette J. Brooten.Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Lambda Literary Award, 1996e------aw-----ff-----Criticism, interpretation, etcCriticism, interpretation, etcHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600LesbianismBiblical teachingLesbianismReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600LesbianismRomeHomosexuality, FemalehistoryChristianityviewpointCritique, interpr�etation, etcCritique, interpr�etation, etcHistoireca 30-600 (�Eglise primitive)LesbianismeEnseignement bibliqueLesbianismeAspect religieuxChristianismeHistoire des doctrinesca 30-600 (�Eglise primitive)LesbianismeRomeLesbianismLesbianismBiblical teachingRome (Empire)Romeinse oudheidLesbische liefdeChristentumFr�uhchristentumLesbische LiebeR�omisches ReichCritique, interpr�etation, etcLesbianismeEnseignement bibliqueLesbianismeRomePaulus <Apostel> 30-600 fast Homoeroticism.BS2665.6.L47 B76 1996306.76/63/090115.52BO 2110MS 28506,116,12022607591597802260759140226075923978022607592196004727http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.04272http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/96004727.htmlhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a8a3-aahttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi052/96004727.htmlhttp://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.04272http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/96004727.htmlhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a8a3-aahttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi052/96004727.htmlDLC96021320190813082855.0ocm34322848 eng