Women in the earliest churches

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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.

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Full title :Women in the earliest churches / Ben Witherington III.

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Publication Date:1988.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:1988.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 300 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521346487, 9780521346481, 0521407893, 9780521407892
oclc:ocm16649213
LC Classification:BR195.W6
Dewey Decimal:270.1/088042

Women in first-century Mediterranean cultures. Women and their roles in Greece, Macedonia, Asia Minor and Egypt ; Women and their roles in Rome -- Women and the physical family in the Pauline epistles. 1 Corinthians 7 ; The haustafel ; Incidental Pauline references to women's roles in marriage and the family -- Women and the family of faith in the Pauline epistles. Rite and rights for women (Gal 3.28) ; An unveiled threat? (1 Cor 11.2-16) ; Silence in all the churches? (1 Cor 14.33b-36) ; Paul and his co-workers ; The pastoral epistles : proto-gnostic problems -- Women and the third evangelist. Women in the ministry of Jesus ; Women in the resurrection narratives ; Women in the birth narratives ; The book of Acts : women in the primitive church -- Women in the churches of Matthew, Mark, and John. Mark ; Matthew ; John -- Trajectories beyond the New Testament era. Asceticism and views of human sexuality ; Gnosticism ; Prophecy, prophetesses, and Montanism ; Church order Types, examples, and images.

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Bibel, Neues Testament Church history -- Primitive and early c… Femmes dans la Bible Femmes dans le christianisme -- 30-600 … Femmes dans le christianisme -- Histoir… Frau Frühchristentum Geschichte 30-325 History Kirche Kirchengeschichte 30-600 Nieuwe Testament Religions Urchristentum Vroege kerk Vrouwen Women in Christianity -- Early church Women in Christianity -- History -- Ear… Women in the Bible Women in the New Testament