Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction â" Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada and Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada
Section A â" Methods
1. Dress and Classical Studies - Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada
2. Dress and Religious Studies - Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada
3. Dress and Anthropology - Lynne Hume, University of Queensland, Australia
4. Dress and Sociology - Beth E. Graybill, Dickinson College, USA
Section B â" Materials
5. Clothing in Marble and Bronze: The Representation of Dress in Greek and Roman Sculpture - Glenys Davies, University of Edinburgh, UK
6. Greek Dress from the Inscriptional Evidence - Laura Gawlinski, Loyola University of Chicago, USA
7. The Colours of Ancient Greek dress - Cecilie Br¸ns, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Denmark
8. Ancient Jewelry and the Construction of Ancient Identity - Courtney Ward, Norwegian Institute in Rome, Italy
9. Dress in the Desert: Archaeological Textiles as a Source for Work Clothes in Roman Egypt - Lise Bender Jorgensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
10. Roman Women Dressing the Part: The Visual Vocabulary from Paintings and Mosaics - Lisa A. Hughes, University of Calgary, Canada
11. "They Leave Behind them Portraits of their Wealth, not Themselves:" Aspects of Self-presentation in the Dress of the Deceased in Mummy Portraits and Portrait Mummies from Roman Egypt - Lorelei H. Corcoran, University of Memphis, USA
Section C â" Meanings
12. Dress and Ceremony in Achaemenid Persia: the 'Gaunaka' - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, Wales
13. Hair and Social Status in the Near East and Early Greece, c. 900-300 BCE - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, Wales
14. Stepping over the line: shoes and boundary-crossing in ancient Greece - Sue Blundell, Independent Scholar
15. Clothing in Roman Religion - Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada
16. Andromeda Unbound: Possession, Perception, and Adornment in the House of the Dioscuri -Neville McFerrin, University of North Texas, USA
17. From Grass to Gold: The Ambivalent Symbolism of Roman Crowns - Andrew Gallia, University of Minnesota, USA
18. Clothes Make the Jew: Was There Distinctive Jewish Dress in the Greco-Roman Period? - Joshua Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
19. What did Mary Magdalene Look Like? Images from the West, the East, Dura and Judaea - Joan E. Taylor, Kingâs College London, UK
20. Robes of Transfiguration and Salvation in Early Christian Texts -- Janelle Peters, Loyola Marymount University, USA
21. Worn stories: (ad)dressing wives in 1 Peter - Kelsi Morrison-Atkins, Harvard University, USA
22. âExposed!â: Nakedness and Clothing in the Book of Revelationâ -- Harry Maier, Vancouver School of Theology, Canada
23. Dirty Laundry in the Christ Cult - Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada
24. âHe Must Buy Her New Clothes for Winterâ: Womenâs Attire in the Rabbinic Imagination of the Tannaitic Period - Gail Labovitz, American Jewish University, USA
25. Textual Problems in Textile Research: The Use of the Talmud in Studies of Ancient Jewish Dress - Katie Turner, Kingâs College London, UK
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