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Publication Date
2025-5
First Advisor
Joshua Birk
Second Advisor
Suleiman Mourad
Third Advisor
Vera Shevzov
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Middle East Studies
Keywords
Christianity, asceticism, Byzantium, gender, late antiquity
Rights
©2025 Stella Metcalf. Access limited to the Smith College community and other researchers while on campus. Smith College community members also may access from off-campus using a Smith College log-in. Other off-campus researchers may request a copy through Interlibrary Loan for personal use.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Metcalf, Stella, "“Only the Form of Females”: The Making of 6th Century Byzantine Holy Women in and Beyond the Desert" (2025). Honors Project, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/2713
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Comments
127 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-127).