{"product_id":"virgin-territory-by-julia-kelto-lillis-9780520389014","title":"Virgin Territory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen's virginity held tremendous significance in early Christianity and the Mediterranean world. Julia Kelto Lillis demonstrates that early Christian thinkers developed diverse definitions of virginity and understood its bodily aspects in surprising, often nonanatomical ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEventually, Christians took part in a cross-cultural shift toward viewing virginity as something that could be perceived in women's sex organs. Treating virginity as anatomical brought both benefits and costs. By charting this shift and situating it in the larger landscape of ancient thought, \u003ci\u003eVirgin Territory\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates unrecognized differences among early Christian sources and historicises problematic ideas about women's bodies that still persist today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471877849324,"sku":"9780520389014","price":180.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bacd241242b9b679ea4d3c4ec5264b1a.jpg?v=1775692931","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/virgin-territory-by-julia-kelto-lillis-9780520389014","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}