Women praying and prophesying in Corinth
Subtitle: gender and inspired speech in First Corinthians
By: Jill E. Marshall
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 448; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 448.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9783161555039
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Women; Biblical teaching; Sex role; Women prophets; Prayer; Bible
Other titles: Gender and inspired speech in First Corinthians
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction; title: From "women praying or prophesying" to "let women be silent" --; title: Project plan --; title: Interpreting women's speech in corinth : rhetoric and historical reconstruction --; title: Reading 1 corinthians and reconstructing the corinthian situation --; title: Ferdinand christian baur's corinthian factions --; title: Sources of problems : gnosticism, realized eschatology, Paul's teachings --; title: The sociological turn : theissen, meeks, and schussler fiorenza --; title: Women in the corinthian assembly --; title: Men and women in worship and the galatians 3:28 connection --; title: Elisabeth schussler fiorenza and Paul's ambivalent impact for women --; title: Antoinette clark wire's corinthian women prophets --; title: Jorunn Okland and the discourse of gender and sanctuary space --; title: Defining prophecy and prayer in tongues --; title: Origins and backgrounds for prophecy and tongues --; title: Form and content of prophecy and tongues --; title: The question of mental states and ecstasy --; title: Paul's rhetorical goals in defining inspired speech --; title: Women prophets in ancient mediterranean divination --; title: Cataloging and defining divination --; title: The anthropological turn : jean-pierre vernant and followers --; title: Gender dynamics in oracular institutions --; title: Summary of research and questions remaining --; title: Women praying and prophesying : archaeological evidence from corinth --; title: Introducing corinth --; title: History and archaeology --; title: Temples and religious spaces in roman corinth --; title: Women's presence in the roman forum : inscriptions --; title: Women praying : devotion to demeter and isis --; title: The sanctuary of demeter in the roman period --; title: Earliest use : curse tablets on the lower terrace --; title: Temple construction in the late first century --; title: Sanctuaries for isis in corinth and kenchreai --; title: Literary evidence : pausanias and apuleius --; title: Archaeological evidence --; title: Apuleius's isis festival in kenchreai (metamorphoses, book Xi) --; title: Women prophesying : corinth and oracular temples of apollo --; title: Connections to trans-regional oracles --; title: Apollo temples and images in corinth --; title: Conclusion --; title: Ambivalence toward women's speech : livy, philo, and plutarch --; title: Livy's history : roman matrons speaking in the forum --; title: Philo of Alexandria : women and the female part of the soul --; title: Philo's gender dualism --; title: De specialibus legibus 3.169-80 : spaces for women's speech --; title: De vita contemplativa : men, women, and ecstatic speech --; title: Plutarch : virtue and speech in state and household --; title: Women's form, fame, and speech in virtues of women --; title: Women inside and outside of the home in conjugalia praecepta --; title: Conclusion --; title: Women prophets in philosophical, poetic, and oracular literature --; title: Philosophical traditions --; title: History and philosophy : interrogating communication with gods --; title: Herodotus's history! --; title: Plato's three forms of madness --; title: The pythia in plutarch's de defectu oracularum and de pythiae oraculis --; title: Poetic traditions --; title: Poetry : dramatizing communication with gods --; title: Athenian drama --; title: Latin epic poetry --; title: The sacrifice of the pythia in lucan's de hello civili --; title: Oracular traditions --; title: Prophecy : recording communication with gods --; title: Male and female prophets in the Hebrew Bible --; title: Sibylline collections in Greek and Roman traditions --; title: The sibyl's embodiment of apocalyptic prophecy in the sibylline oracles --; title: Conclusion --; title: Women praying or prophesying : the ambivalent argument of 1 corinthians 11 : 2-16 --; title: The structure and difficulties of 1 corinthians 11 : 2-16 --; title: The situation : keeping traditions, praying, and prophesying (11:2) --; title: Theological premise : heads and bodies (11:3) --; title: Cultural norms of gender differentiation (11:4-6) --; title: Creation narratives and gender identity (11: 7-12) --; title: More cultural arguments : propriety, nature, and custom (11:13-16) --; title: Conclusion --; title: Voiceless idols, voiceless women : the argument from 1 corinthians 11:16 to 14:40 --; title: Argumentative movements in 11:17-14:25 --; title: The ritual meal in assembly : 1 corinthians 11:17-34 --; title: Voiceless idols, one speaking spirit : 1 corinthians 12:1-11 --; title: The body of christ : 1 corinthians 12:12-31 --; title: A better way : 1 corinthians 13:1-13 --; title: Defining prophecy and praying in tongues : 1 corinthians 14:1-25 --; title: Pursue prophecy in order to build up (14:1-5) --; title: The limited efficacy of speaking in tongues (14:6-12) --; title: Mindlessness of speaking in tongues (14:13-19) --; title: Responses of outsiders to inspired speech (14:20-25) --; title: Instructions for order for praying or prophesying (14:26-40) --; title: The textual integrity of 14:34-35 --; title: The rhetorical integrity of 14:26-40 --; title: Conclusion --; title: The gender dynamics of inspired speech --; title: Implications of this research ---- Bibliography-- Index of ancient sources-- Subject index.