num_pages: 287
description: Based on four decades of research Jesus Was a Feminist presents the case that Jesus treated women equally with men breaking custom to involve them in his work. Renowned scholar &amp; liberal Catholic Leonard Swidler examines all gospel texts involving women asserts that women were involved in the writing of two gospels &amp; outlines the importance of women in Jesus' ministry &amp; the creation &amp; development of the early church. He shows how Jesus was a feminist &amp; why modern Christians should be too. I Yeshua &amp; women: an overviewPrologue: Women in the ancient worldYeshua a feminist androgynous an integrated humanWomen in Yeshua's languageWomen in Yeshua's teachingWomen in the life of YeshuaII The Gospels critically analyzedThe attitude toward women reflected by the Gospel writers &amp; their sourcesConclusionsIII Early Christians' views of womenSummary analysis of the appendixes of the New Testament outside of the Gospels &amp; early Church writingsAppendix I The New Testament other than the GospelsAppendix II Ambivalent elements in Christian traditionAppendix III Christian tradition's negative elements
language: English
title: Jesus Was a Feminist: What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective
publisher: Sheed & Ward (Lanham, MD)