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The paradise papers: The suppression of women's rites
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Interesting ancient historic-religous perspective not very well known. In the U.S. also known as "When Go…more

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Erica
Jul 22, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: cultural-studies
I've only owned this book for nearly a decade. I s'pose I ought to read the damn thing. LOL.

Finally finished it...not a hard read, but since I'm familiar with more recent scholarship on the topic, it wasn't breaking new ground for me. It's hard to remember that when this book was published, the ideas in it were new and shocking. It takes a mental twist or two to unknow what I know, and give the book the fair reading it deserves. I recommend it, if only in the spirit of due diligence when reading
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Sep 09, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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