The body and society : men, women, and sexual renunciation in early Christianity /
Peter Brown.
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1988.
- xx, 504 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Lectures on the history of religions ; new ser., no. 13 .
- Lectures on the history of religions ; new ser., no. 13. .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [449]-493.
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