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“The Two Breasts of the Father”: Does Your God Look Like You?

Women Who Went Before

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This chapter explores how ancient perceptions of God were influenced by gender, focusing on late antique Syriac religious life. It highlights a 2nd-century CE hymn that presents God with feminine characteristics, particularly through the metaphor of a cup of milk, and discusses women's roles in the spiritual milieu of the time.

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