No Longer Be Silent First Century Jewish Portraits of Biblical Women

Cheryl Brown studies the portrayal of women in Biblical Antiquities, attributed to Philo, and in the Jewish Antiquitiesof Josephus, two documents that characterize women differently than their biblical prototypes. Her insightful investigation will bring new perspectives on the subject of women in Judaeo-Christian tradition during the Greco-Roman period. The Gender and the Biblical Tradition series brings to a wide audience important new discoveries concerning women and the Bible, ancient Israel, and early Christianity. The books explore the role of sexuality within the biblical tradition and document the continuing influence of biblical treatments of gender on subsequent life and thought.Brown, Cheryl A. is the author of 'No Longer Be Silent First Century Jewish Portraits of Biblical Women' with ISBN 9780664252946 and ISBN 066425294X.