Jerome, Chrysostom, and Friends Essays and Translations
| Author: | Clark, Elizabeth | |
| Year: | 1982 | |
| Pages: | 254 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-548-7 978-0-88946-548-0 | |
| Price: | $199.95 + shipping | |
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Women figured large in the lives of the two celibates Jerome and John Chrysostom, and in this study Clark investigates friendship between the sexes in the early Church. Includes chapters on Chrysostom's attitude toward women; friendship between the sexes in pagan thought; and friendship between the sexes in early Christian theory and practice. Clark proposes that there was within patristic Christianity an elevation of status for celibate women, but not for married ones.
Reviews
"This is a splendid book. . . . Elizabeth Clark is to be congratulated for the brilliance of her essays and the clarity of her translations." - Anglican Theological Review
"No other volume offers such a rich source on the relation between men and women in the early church." - Religious Studies Review
"No other volume offers such a rich source on the relation between men and women in the early church." - Religious Studies Review
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