When AJR reached out to see if we (Shayna Sheinfeld, Sara Parks, and Meredith Warren) would be willing to outline why we saw the need for a textbook on ancient Mediterranean religions that did not ignore or compartmentalize Jewish and Christian women, but instead centered them, we jumped at the chance. It was a need–both practical and ethical–that we keenly felt during our first teaching experience. In this piece, we’ll explain the steps that led to the process of building a collaborative textbook, and provide some ideas for how colleagues might use it.I noted the publication of the book here and an AJR review here.[...]
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