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Author Witherington, Ben, III, 1951-

Title Women and the genesis of Christianity / Ben Witherington III ; edited by Ann Witherington.

Imprint Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  225.83 W823W    Check Shelf
Description xv, 273 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.
Contents Women in Judaism -- Women in Hellenistic settings -- Women in Roman settings -- Teachings on family and single life -- Women in the parables and judgment sayings -- Stories of help and healing -- Women in the ministry of Jesus -- Women and the physical family -- Paul and the household tables -- Women and the family of faith -- Paul and his female co-workers -- The Pastoral Epistles -- Women and the third evangelist -- Women and the evangelists Matthew, Mark, and John.
Summary "This book sets out to present in as clear and objective a way as possible the New Testament material relating to women and their roles in the context of the movement Jesus began." "Dr. Witherington begins by illustrating the roles of women in Judaism, in the Hellenistic world, and in the Roman Empire. He goes on to show how Jesus broke significantly with convention in the way he viewed women and their roles, offering as he did a wholly new conception of the rights of women in society. An analysis follows of the apostle Paul's attitude toward women, which shows how he agreed with and differed from the ideas of his contemporaries. Witherington then provides separate sections on the Evangelists, whose selection and presentation of material with respect to women casts much light on the early Church's understanding of women and their status." "This comprehensive survey, which avoids slanting its material to serve a modern patriarchal or feminist bias, comes to the exciting conclusion that we can see in the New Testament an attempt to reform the patriarchal orientation of the day and permit women to hold a new kind of authority in religious contexts. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biblia. N.T. -- Crítica e interpretación.
Bible. New Testament. (OCoLC)fst01808090
Bible. Toba-Batak (DE-588)4006406-2
Bibel Neues Testament (DE-588)4041771-2
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. New Testament
Women -- Biblical teaching.
Women in the Bible.
Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Sociology, Biblical.
Sociology, Biblical. (OCoLC)fst01123940
Women -- Biblical teaching. (OCoLC)fst01176589
Women in Christianity -- Early church. (OCoLC)fst01907283
Women in the Bible. (OCoLC)fst01177997
Vrouwen.
Nieuwe Testament.
Frühchristentum (DE-588)4129954-1
Sozialgeschichte (DE-588)4055772-8
Frau (DE-588)4018202-2
Frau.
Women in the Bible.
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian sociology.
Sociology, Biblical.
Chronological Term 30 - 600
Indexed Term Bible N.T. Special subjects: Society Role of women
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Added Author Witherington, Ann.
ISBN 0521364973 (hard covers)
9780521364973 (hard covers)
0521367352 (pbk.)
9780521367356 (pbk.)
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