Moral education for women in the pastoral and Pythagorean letters
Subtitle: philosophers of the household
By: by Annette Bourland Huizenga
Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- v. 147; Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- v. 147.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9789004244993; 9789004245181
Subjects: Bible; Conduct of life; Ancient Philosophy; Criticism, interpretation; Christian women; Women
Description: "Huizenga examines the Greco-Roman moral-philosophical 'curriculum' for women by comparing these two epistolary collections. The analysis is organized around four elements: textual resources, teachers and learners, instructional strategies, and subject matter. Huizenga shows that the author of the Pastorals has adopted nearly all of the 'pagan' aspects of this curriculum, but has supplemented these with theological justifications drawn from Pauline literature and traditions"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Pythagorean women's letters; title: The Pastoral Letters; title: Conclusion.