Essays on Women in Earliest Christianity, Volume 1

by Carroll D. Osburn

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2007

Overview

This book focuses on an often neglected topic: women and their important role as deaconesses, examples of godliness, and co-laborers for the gospel. Essays on women in Earliest Christianity contains a variety of perspectives from many authors who have laid out the biblical and historical examples of feminine Christian worship.

Contents

Top Highlights

“‘Whatever the ‘deacons’ were at Philippi, that Phoebe was at Cenchrea.’” (Page 185)

“‘Apostle’ was used in four distinct ways in the NT: 1) the Twelve original followers of Jesus, 2) persons who had seen the risen Lord and been commissioned by Him (1 Cor. 9:1; 15:1–11); 3) a missionary successful in church planting, labor and suffering (which underlie Paul’s arguments in 2 Cor.); and 4) an emissary or missionary sent out by a particular church to perform specific tasks (2 Cor. 8:23 and Phil. 2:25).” (Page 188)

“Religion now has a different function for women. In the ancient world, it frequently offered women a vehicle in which they could assert themselves; today it functions as the sphere which most restricts women. Why?” (Page 91)

“The traditional occupation for Greek and Roman women within the home was weaving their family’s clothes” (Page 68)

“It is rather obvious that the terms Paul used to commend Phoebe are no different from those he would have used if he had been commending a man. He presents her to his readers as a προστάτις worthy of their kindness and cites no familial relationships nor domestic virtues when he honors her. Paul mentions only her actions in behalf of the church at Cenchrea and her patronage of Christians, including himself.” (Page 172)

Product Details

• Title: Essays on Women in Earliest Christianity, Volume 1
• Author: Carroll D. Osburn
• Series: Essays on Women in Earliest Christianity
• Volume: 1
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Women in Christianity; Women in the Bible; Theological anthropology › Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781556355400, 1556355408
• Resource ID: LLS:SSYSWCHRSTNTY01
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:10:01Z