Women Officeholders in Early Christianity: Epigraphical and Literary Studies
336Women Officeholders in Early Christianity: Epigraphical and Literary Studies
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Eisen presents the first extensive documentation of selected Greek and Latin inscriptions, plus a few documentary papyri, that witness to the existence of Christian women officeholders. The intent is to show the multiplicity of titles borne by women and to illustrate the narrowness of previous research on this topic. A single chapter is devoted to each of the titles of office or functional designations found in the sources. The epigraphical, papyrological, and literary witnesses are accordingly grouped by function. Topics are Apostles," "Prophets," "Teachers of Theology," "Presbyters," "Enrolled Widows," "Deacons," "Bishops," and "Stewards."
Central to Women Officeholders in Early Christianity are the epigraphical witnesses. To this point they have been only marginally incorporated into research on women officeholders in the Church. In order to ensure correct interpretation, the majority of the inscriptions discussed have extensive documentation. They are organized geographically and chronologically. Besides the documentation they are commented on in the context of the existing literary sources. The book concludes with a chapter entitled "Source-Oriented Perspectives for a History of Christian Women Officeholders." The book also includes a bibliography of reference works, primary sources, and secondary sources.
Ute E. Eisen is a Wissenschaftliche Assistentin at the Institute of New Testament Studies and Ancient Judaism at the University of Kiel, Germany. She has a doctorate in theology from the University of Hamburg. Her special areas of study include narrative analysis of Luke-Acts, methodology in New Testament studies, history of early Christianity, and gender studies.
"Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780814659502 |
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Publisher: | Liturgical Press |
Publication date: | 05/01/2000 |
Series: | Theology |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 6.06(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.84(d) |
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Table of Contents
Preface | vii | |
I. | Introduction | 1 |
A. | The Subject and the Method | 1 |
B. | Tendencies in Scholarship | 6 |
C. | The Sources | 18 |
D. | Summary of Purpose and Procedure | 21 |
II. | Apostles | 47 |
A. | Women Apostles in the New Testament | 47 |
B. | Women Apostles in the Tradition of the Ancient Church | 49 |
III. | Prophets | 63 |
A. | The Tomb Epigraph of the Prophet Nana | 63 |
B. | Literary Evidence | 67 |
IV. | Teachers of Theology | 89 |
A. | A Papyrus Letter | 89 |
B. | Inscriptions | 93 |
C. | Christian Women Teachers and the New Testament Prohibitions | 99 |
V. | Presbyters | 116 |
A. | Epigraphic and Literary Evidence from the East | 116 |
B. | Epigraphic and Literary Evidence from the West | 128 |
VI. | Enrolled Widows | 142 |
A. | Epigraphic and Literary Evidence from the West | 142 |
B. | Literary Evidence from the East | 147 |
VII. | Deacons | 158 |
A. | Inscriptions from Palestine and Vicinity | 158 |
B. | Inscriptions from Asia Minor | 162 |
C. | Inscriptions from Greece | 174 |
D. | Inscriptions from Macedonia | 177 |
E. | Inscriptions from the West | 182 |
VIII. | Bishops | 199 |
A. | Inscriptions | 199 |
B. | Women Bishops in the Early Church | 205 |
IX. | Stewards | 217 |
A. | Inscriptions | 217 |
B. | Stewards in Early Christian Literature | 219 |
X. | Source-Oriented Perspectives for a History of Christian Women Officeholders | 223 |
Abbreviations | 225 | |
Bibliography | 227 | |
A. | Reference Works | 227 |
B. | Primary Sources | 232 |
C. | Secondary Literature | 248 |
Index of Women's Names from Antiquity and the Middle Ages | 296 | |
Index of Epigraphical and Papyrus Sources | 299 | |
Index of Ancient Literature | 306 | |
Index of Modern Authors | 312 |