Ritual, women, and Philippi
Subtitle: reimagining the early Philippian community
By: Jason T. Lamoreaux
Series: Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean context series -- 8; Matrix--the Bible in Mediterranean context -- 8.
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eugene, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781620322208
Subjects: Bible; Criticism, interpretation; Ritual; Rites and ceremonies; Women in Christianity; Early church; Church history; Women in the Bible; History
Description: As one surveys the scholarship on the canonical letter to the Philippians, one notices the lack of attention to women within many scholars' analyses. To a certain extent, this lack of attention exists because ancient texts often leave out information about women. Using ritual studies, archaeology, and textual evidence, this work brings life to the ritual lives of ancient Philippian women in their own cultural context. The discipline of ritual studies provides new questions that shed more specific light on the lives of women in this fledgling Jesus group. Therefore, ritual studies brings clarity to early Philippian women's reception of the letter. Furthermore, this ritual background helps modern readers visualize a more diverse community of Jesus followers in Philippi and provides a clearer picture of the struggles this nascent Jesus community was experiencing. -- BOOK COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-138) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Philippi in history and scholarship; title: Ritual as a window to the world of women; title: Women and the Artemis/Diana cult; title: Other cults in the material record of Philippi; title: Women's reception of Paul's Letter to Philippi.