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Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion. The Power of the Hysterical Woman
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Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion. The Power of the Hysterical Woman. By Margaret Y MacDonald. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 1996. Pp. xiv, 276. $54.95 hardback; $19.95 paperback.)
Feminist books have been appearing recently in great numbers, and they vary in quality. Those that deal with Christian history are mostly respectable scholarly books, and many of them rank among enduring academic achievements. This one can be called a "feminist" book only because its topic is early Christian women; otherwise it is a serious historical-exegetical study. The author, who is teaching in ...
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