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

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

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

An incisive exploration of women and work, showing how globalization’s promise of liberation instead set the stage for repression—from the acclaimed author

Tsenhor was born about 550 BCE in the city of Thebes (Karnak). She died some sixty years later, having lived through the reigns of Amasis II, Psamtik III, Camby