Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 5469
Author(s): Hoffman, Valerie J.
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Title : Muslim Sainthood, Women, and the Legend of Sayyida Nafisa [Sayyida Nafisa (762- 824 A.D.), a descendant of the Prophet, was celebrated for her religious learning but in most respects was the ideal submissive woman- shy, modest, weak, and taken advantage of by her husband; the text about her life (pages 125- 139)
Source: Women Saints in World Religions.   Edited by Arvind Sharma .   State University of New York Press, 2000.  Pages 107 - 144.
Year of Publication: 2000.
2. Record Number: 3950
Author(s): Ford, Heidi A.
Contributor(s):
Title : Hierarchical Inversions, Divine Subversions : The Miracles of Râbi'a al-‘Adawîya [The author argues that in the miracles Râbi'a subverted the dominant social hierarchies and questioned the religious strictures of her day].
Source: Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion , 15., 2 (Fall 1999):  Pages 5 - 24.
Year of Publication: 1999.