Women in the Earliest Churches

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. Zusammenfassung An examination of the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD33 to the Council of Nicea. It provides the necessary exegetical data for an historical overview of this subject matter. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Witherington, Ben Iii Witherington, III Witherington, Ben Witherington III
• Assisted by: John Court (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.1991
• EAN: 9780521407892
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40789-2
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Society for New Testament Stud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity