Brings to life the women of Jeme, a thriving Christian community in ancient Egypt

These papers examine the unique place women held in Manichaeism, both in myth and in everyday life – in marked difference with other religions. The reader is

This book traces changing perceptions of Egypt's monastic landscape through an analysis of archaeological and documentary evidence from late antiquity.

The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest

Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeological discoveries about rural village life in ancient Palestine, Meyers depicts Israelite women as s