Ben Iii Witherington, Iii Witherington

Women in the Earliest Churches

Herausgeber: Court, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. It surveys, too, the views about women held by various New Testament authors including Paul and the Evangelists. In a careful and judicious study, Ben Witherington shows that early Christianity was neither unreservedly patriarchal nor adamantly feminist in its view of women and their roles, but rather charted a middle course which combined a reforming of the predominantly patriarchal framework of society with an affirmation of new religious roles for women. Now available in paperback, this is the first book to survey such a large amount of material exegetically, and make use, at the same time, of original languages and texts.

Table of contents:
Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Women in first-century Mediterranean cultures; 2. Women and the physical family in the Pauline epistles; 3. Women and the family of faith in the Pauline epistles; 4. Women and the Third Evangelist; 5. Women in the churches of Matthew, Mark, and John; 6. Trajectories beyond the New Testament era; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780521407892
• ISBN-10: 0521407893
• Artikelnr.: 22011982

Autorenporträt

Ben Witherington III is Amos Professor of NT for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University, and the author of over thirty-five books, including New York Times Best Seller The Brother of Jesus. Ann Witherington is Instructor of Biology and Environmental Sciences at Asbury University. Ben and Ann have been married for over thirty years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Women in first-century Mediterranean cultures
2. Women and the physical family in the Pauline epistles
3. Women and the family of faith in the Pauline epistles
4. Women and the Third Evangelist
5. Women in the churches of Matthew, Mark, and John
6. Trajectories beyond the New Testament era
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography.