About this ebook
Moving beyond discussions of patriarchy and prescribed
“women’s roles” in the Roman world—discussions that have relied too much on
elite literary sources, in her view—Katherine Bain explores what inscriptional
data from Asia Minor can tell us about the actual socioeconomic status of women
in the first and second centuries C.E. Her findings suggest that outside of the
prescriptive lenses of the upper classes, women were described, in honorary and
funerary inscriptions, in terms that mirrored the socioeconomic status of men,
suggesting that women’s leadership in social associations—and by implication in
Jewish and Christian congregations as well—was even more frequent than has been
imagined.
“women’s roles” in the Roman world—discussions that have relied too much on
elite literary sources, in her view—Katherine Bain explores what inscriptional
data from Asia Minor can tell us about the actual socioeconomic status of women
in the first and second centuries C.E. Her findings suggest that outside of the
prescriptive lenses of the upper classes, women were described, in honorary and
funerary inscriptions, in terms that mirrored the socioeconomic status of men,
suggesting that women’s leadership in social associations—and by implication in
Jewish and Christian congregations as well—was even more frequent than has been
imagined.
About the author
Moving beyond discussions of patriarchy and prescribed “women’s roles” in the Roman world—discussions that have relied too much on elite literary sources, in her view—Katherine Bain explores what inscriptional data from Asia Minor can tell us about the actual socioeconomic status of women in the first and second centuries C.E. Her findings suggest that outside of the prescriptive lenses of the upper classes, women were described, in honorary and funerary inscriptions, in terms that mirrored the socioeconomic status of men, suggesting that women’s leadership in social associations—and by implication in Jewish and Christian congregations as well—was even more frequent than has been imagined.
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