Women in the New Testament World
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2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-023758-5 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-023758-5 (ISBN)
Readers of the New Testament notice varying ideas about women. Some women are submissive and silent; others have titles of leaders or speak with approval. In this book, Susan Hylen guides readers through new interpretations of this evidence. She argues that women in the culture enacted feminine virtues in a variety of ways, including active leadership in their communities.
Modern readers of the New Testament often notice its varying ideas about women. Some passages encouraged women to be submissive and remain silent. Yet in others, women characters owned property, headed households, or spoke with approval. Women in the New Testament World helps readers understand this conflicting evidence. It argues that social norms of the time encouraged traditional feminine virtues. However, as Susan Hylen argues, women in the culture enacted these virtues in a variety of ways, including active leadership in households, associations, and cities. In contrast to earlier approaches that divided the evidence into groups that either allowed or forbade women's leadership, this book points to a tension that was pervasive across different groups and regions of the Roman world. Society widely viewed women as inferior to men yet applauded their active pursuit of familial and civic interests. Thus, it was not the case that some women led while others were silent; instead, women were praised for modesty at the same time as they exerted influence in their communities. Elaborating on this rich historical background, Hylen illuminates new possibilities in New Testament texts.
Modern readers of the New Testament often notice its varying ideas about women. Some passages encouraged women to be submissive and remain silent. Yet in others, women characters owned property, headed households, or spoke with approval. Women in the New Testament World helps readers understand this conflicting evidence. It argues that social norms of the time encouraged traditional feminine virtues. However, as Susan Hylen argues, women in the culture enacted these virtues in a variety of ways, including active leadership in households, associations, and cities. In contrast to earlier approaches that divided the evidence into groups that either allowed or forbade women's leadership, this book points to a tension that was pervasive across different groups and regions of the Roman world. Society widely viewed women as inferior to men yet applauded their active pursuit of familial and civic interests. Thus, it was not the case that some women led while others were silent; instead, women were praised for modesty at the same time as they exerted influence in their communities. Elaborating on this rich historical background, Hylen illuminates new possibilities in New Testament texts.
Susan E. Hylen is Associate Professor of New Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. She is the author of four books, including A Modest Apostle: Thecla and the History of Women in the Early Church.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Interpreting Evidence for Women's Lives
Chapter 3: Gendered Virtues
Chapter 4: Marriage, Divorce, and Widowhood
Chapter 5: Class Status, Wealth, and Patronage
Chapter 6: Occupations
Chapter 7: Speech and Silence
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Primary Sources
Topical Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.10.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Essentials of Biblical Studies |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 208 x 140 mm |
Gewicht | 227 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-023758-9 / 0190237589 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-023758-5 / 9780190237585 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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