Howard Eilberg-Schwartz is Associate Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University. He is the author of God's Phallus and Other Problems for Men and Monotheism (1994). Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and author of Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts (1980).

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: The Spectacle of the Female HeadHoward Eilberg-Schwartz 1. "Put a Bag over Her Head": Beheading Mythological WomenWendy Doniger 2. Shaven Heads and Loose Hair: Buddhist Attitudes toward Hair and SexualityKaren Lang3. Untangling the Meanings of Hair in Turkish SocietyCarol Delaney4. The Gendered Grammar of Ancient Mediterranean HairMolly Myerowitz Levine 5. Veils, Virgins, and the Tongues of Men and Angels: Women's Heads in Early ChristianityMary Rose D'Angelo 6. The Nakedness of a Woman's Voice, the Pleasure in a Man's Mouth: An Oral History of Ancient JudaismHoward Eilberg-Schwartz 7. Making Up a Woman: The Face of Roman GenderAmy Richlin LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

Howard Eilberg-Schwartz is Associate Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University. He is the author of God's Phallus and Other Problems for Men and Monotheism (1994). Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and author of Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts (1980).

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: The Spectacle of the Female HeadHoward Eilberg-Schwartz 1. "Put a Bag over Her Head": Beheading Mythological WomenWendy Doniger 2. Shaven Heads and Loose Hair: Buddhist Attitudes toward Hair and SexualityKaren Lang3. Untangling the Meanings of Hair in Turkish SocietyCarol Delaney4. The Gendered Grammar of Ancient Mediterranean HairMolly Myerowitz Levine 5. Veils, Virgins, and the Tongues of Men and Angels: Women's Heads in Early ChristianityMary Rose D'Angelo 6. The Nakedness of a Woman's Voice, the Pleasure in a Man's Mouth: An Oral History of Ancient JudaismHoward Eilberg-Schwartz 7. Making Up a Woman: The Face of Roman GenderAmy Richlin LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

Howard Eilberg-Schwartz is Associate Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University. He is the author of God's Phallus and Other Problems for Men and Monotheism (1994). Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and author of Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts (1980).

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: The Spectacle of the Female HeadHoward Eilberg-Schwartz 1. "Put a Bag over Her Head": Beheading Mythological WomenWendy Doniger 2. Shaven Heads and Loose Hair: Buddhist Attitudes toward Hair and SexualityKaren Lang3. Untangling the Meanings of Hair in Turkish SocietyCarol Delaney4. The Gendered Grammar of Ancient Mediterranean HairMolly Myerowitz Levine 5. Veils, Virgins, and the Tongues of Men and Angels: Women's Heads in Early ChristianityMary Rose D'Angelo 6. The Nakedness of a Woman's Voice, the Pleasure in a Man's Mouth: An Oral History of Ancient JudaismHoward Eilberg-Schwartz 7. Making Up a Woman: The Face of Roman GenderAmy Richlin LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX