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- Veiling in the Late Antique World
- Veiling in the Late Antique World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Veiling in the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chapter 2 Veils in Corinth
- Chapter 3 Women’s Veiling Practices in Late Antiquity
- Chapter 4 Draping the Sacred
- Chapter 5 Origen’s Veils
- Chapter 6 Gregory’s Veils
- Epilogue: Derrida’s Tallit
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Veils and Revelations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 November 2025
Book contents
- Veiling in the Late Antique World
- Veiling in the Late Antique World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Veiling in the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chapter 2 Veils in Corinth
- Chapter 3 Women’s Veiling Practices in Late Antiquity
- Chapter 4 Draping the Sacred
- Chapter 5 Origen’s Veils
- Chapter 6 Gregory’s Veils
- Epilogue: Derrida’s Tallit
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The trope that nature is a woman who hides or reveals herself has been around at least since the time of the presocratic philosopher, Heraclitus, who remarked: “Nature loves to hide.” This chapter introduces the allegorical representation of nature and truth as a veiled woman in diverse texts from Platonic philosophy and late ancient biblical interpretation to medieval literature and post-Enlightenment visual arts. This introduction also includes an examination of twenty-first century political contexts of veiling, and it presents an outline of the plan of the book.
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