The Orthodox Woman : Jerome on the Relation Between Asceticism, Orthodoxy, and Gender
While previous scholarship has shown that the rhetorical figure of the "heretical woman"was important in Jerome's slandering of male rivals, this article argues that the "orthodox woman"played a just as important role in his self-presentation as an orthodox teacher. The "orthodox woman"is characterized by true asceticism which, according to Jerome's ascetic theology, implies that she transcends he