Women and the Genesis of Christianity

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Paperback | 3 September 1990

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This book presents in as clear a way as possible the New Testament material dealing with women and their roles in the context of the movement Jesus began. Dr Witherington begins by illustrating the roles of women in Judaism, in the Hellenistic world, and in the Roman Empire. She goes on to show how Jesus broke significantly with convention in the way he viewed women and their roles, offering as he did a wholly new conception of the legitimate rights of women in society. An analysis follows of the apostle Paul's attitude toward women, which shows how he agreed with and differed from the ideas of his contemporaries. The concluding chapters discuss the evangelists, whose selection and presentation of material with respect to women casts much light on the early Church's understanding of women and their roles. This comprehensive survey, which avoids slanting its material to serve a modern patriarchal or feminist bias, comes to the exciting conclusion that we can see in the New Testament an attempt to reform the patriarchal orientation of the day.

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"Ben Witherington's book is one of the most honest and least ideological works about women and Christianity I have read in a number of years." The Christian Century

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Acknowledgements	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Women in First Century Cultures
Women in Judaism	p. 3
Social life	p. 3
Spiritual life	p. 6
Women in Hellenistic settings	p. 10
Greece	p. 10
Macedonia	p. 15
Asia Minor	p. 17
Women in Roman settings	p. 19
Social life	p. 19
Spiritual life	p. 22
Conclusions	p. 25
Jesus and Women
Teachings on family and single life	p. 29
Parents - Mk 10.19, 7.9-13	p. 29
Children - Mk 9.33-7, 10.13-16	p. 31
Widows - Mk 12.38-40, 12.41-4	p. 34
Marriage and adultery - Mt. 5.27-30, Jn 8.2-11	p. 36
Divorce - Mt. 5.31-2, 19.3-9, Lk. 16.18	p. 40
"Eunuchs," the single life - Mt. 19.10-12	p. 45
Conclusions	p. 48
Women in the parables and judgment sayings	p. 52
Parables	p. 52
Female imagery in the judgment sayings	p. 59
Conclusions	p. 63
Stories of help and healing	p. 65
The Lucan anointing - Lk. 7.36-50	p. 65
The woman at the well - Jn 4.7-42	p. 68
The Syrophoenician woman - Mk 7.24-30 (Mt. 15.21-8)	p. 74
Peter's mother-in-law - Mk 1.29-31 (Mt. 8.14-15, Lk. 4.38-9)	p. 76
Healing a cripple on the Sabbath - Lk. 13.10-17	p. 78
Jairus and the Jewess - Mk 5.21-43 (Mt. 9.18-26, Lk. 8.40-56)	p. 80
The widow of Nain - Lk. 7.11-17	p. 84
Conclusions	p. 86
Women in the ministry of Jesus	p. 88
Mother Mary, Jesus' disciple	p. 88
Mary and Martha	p. 99
Women who followed Jesus	p. 110
Conclusions	p. 117
Paul and Women
Women and the physical family	p. 123
Marriage, divorce, and the single life - 1 Cor. 7	p. 124
Exclusive monogamy - Rom. 7.1-3	p. 138
Holiness and honor - 1 Thess. 4.3-8	p. 140
Mixed marriages - 2 Cor. 6.14-7.1	p. 143
Conclusions	p. 145
Paul and the household tables	p. 147
Introduction	p. 147
The Colossian household table - Col. 3.18-4.1	p. 148
The Ephesian household table - Eph. 5.21-33	p. 154
Conclusions	p. 160
Women and the family of faith	p. 163
Rites and rights for women - Gal. 3.28	p. 163
An unveiled threat? - 1 Cor. 11.2-16	p. 164
Silence in all the churches? - 1 Cor. 14.33b-36	p. 172
Conclusions	p. 178
Paul and his female co-workers	p. 180
The church - spirit and structure	p. 180
Trouble in paradise? - Phil. 4.2-3	p. 185
An ancient greeting card? - Rom. 16.1-16	p. 186
Conclusions	p. 190
The Pastoral Epistles	p. 191
Behavior at worship - 1 Tim. 2.8-15	p. 191
Character of a deaconess - 1 Tim. 3.11	p. 196
Conclusions	p. 196
Women and the Evangelists
Women and the Third Evangelist	p. 201
Women in the ministry of Jesus	p. 201
Women in the Resurrection narratives	p. 202
Women in the birth narratives	p. 204
Women in the primitive Church - The Book of Acts	p. 210
Conclusions	p. 220
Women and the Evangelists Matthew, Mark, and John	p. 225
The Gospel of Mark	p. 225
The Gospel of Matthew	p. 229
The Gospel of John	p. 232
Conclusions	p. 235
Conclusions	p. 237
Notes	p. 251
Select bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 266
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