Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Women's Devotion to Ancient Greek Goddesses -- 3. Women's Devotion to Adonis -- 4. Women's Devotion to Dionysos -- 5. Rites of Roman Matrons -- 6. Women's Devotion to the Egyptian Goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman World -- 7. Women's Religious Offices in Greco-Roman Paganism -- 8. Jewish Women's Religious Lives in Rabbinic Sources -- 9. Jewish Women's Religious Lives and Offices in the Greco-Roman Diaspora -- 10. Autonomy, Prophecy, and Gender in Early Christianity -- 11. Heresy as Women's Religion: Women's Religion as Heresy -- 12. Women's Leadership and Offices in Christian Communities -- 13. Women's Religious Leadership and Offices in Retrospect -- Epilogue: Toward a Theory of Women's Religions -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Ancient Sources and Translations -- Bibliography -- Index.