Ellen Muehlberger is Professor of History at the University of Michigan. She is author of Angels in Late Ancient Christianity and Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity and serves as editor for the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

“An evocative and rewarding work for anyone interested in late antiquity and the ancient world more broadly.”

• ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Impossible Women2. Foundations of Knowledge3. The Advent of the Superfather4. Faces in the CrowdsAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

Ellen Muehlberger is Professor of History at the University of Michigan. She is author of Angels in Late Ancient Christianity and Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity and serves as editor for the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

“An evocative and rewarding work for anyone interested in late antiquity and the ancient world more broadly.”

• ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Impossible Women2. Foundations of Knowledge3. The Advent of the Superfather4. Faces in the CrowdsAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

Ellen Muehlberger is Professor of History at the University of Michigan. She is author of Angels in Late Ancient Christianity and Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity and serves as editor for the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

“An evocative and rewarding work for anyone interested in late antiquity and the ancient world more broadly.”

• ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Impossible Women2. Foundations of Knowledge3. The Advent of the Superfather4. Faces in the CrowdsAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex