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Women in the World of the Earliest Christians Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life

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ISBN-10: 0801031729

ISBN-13: 9780801031724

Edition: 2009

Authors: Lynn H. Cohick, James Smith

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Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their religious communities, their influence was not always identified by leadership titles nor did their gender always determine their level of participation. The book corrects our understanding of early Christian women by offering an authentic and descriptive historical picture of their lives. Includes…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 11/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Lynn H. Cohick (PhD in New Testament/Christian Origins, University of Pennsylvania) isnbsp;professor of New Testament in the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College and Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois. Lynn has written Philippians in the Story of God Bible Commentary (Zondervan, 2013) and Ephesians nbsp;in the New Covenant Commentary (Cascade, 2010), as well as Women in the World of the Earliest Christians (Baker Academic, 2009). She exploresnbsp;early Jewish/Christian relations in her book,nbsp; Melito of Sardis: Setting, Purpose, and Sources nbsp;(Brown Judaic Studies, 2000), and in several articles on women in Early Judaism and earliest Christianity. She and…    

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Women as Daughters
Marriage and Matron Ideals
Wives and the Realities of Marriage
Motherhood
Religious Activities of Gentile Women and God-Fearers
Religious Activities and Informal Power of Jewish and Christian Women
Women's Work
Slaves and Prostitutes
Benefactors and the Institution of Patronage
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings
Index of Subjects