Essays on women in earliest Christianity
By: edited by Carroll D. Osburn
Publisher: Wipf & Stock
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Eugene, Ore
Language: eng
Subjects: Women; Biblical teaching; Bible and feminism; Women in Christianity; Theological anthropology; Women in the Bible; Christianity
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Joplin, Mo. : College Press, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Women in the church in recent discussion / Kathy J. Pulley. Women in the Old Testament / John T. Willis. Women in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds (323 BCE-138 CE) / Gregory E. Sterling. Jewish women in the Greco-Roman era / Randall D. Chesnutt. "Neither male and female" (Gal. 3:28) / Jan Faver Hailey. "Phoebe" and "Junia(s)" : Rom. 16:1-2, 7 / James Walters. 1 Cor. 11:2-16 : a re-investigation / Mark C. Black. The interpretation of 1 Cor. 14:34-35 / Carroll D. Osburn. "Submission" in Eph. 5:21-33 / Kenneth V. Neller. Women in the earlier Philippian Church (Acts 16:13-15, Phil. 4:2-3) in recent scholarship / J. Paul Pollard. Admonitions to women in 1 Tim. 2:8-15 / Thomas C. Geer, Jr. The identity of the "women" in 1 Tim. 3:11 / Barry L. Blackburn. The "widows" in 1 Tim. 5:3-16 / Marcia D. Moore. Titus 2:5 : must women stay at home? / Stanley N. Helton. The submission of wives in 1 Peter / James W. Thompson. Markan characterization of women / Frederick D. Aquino and A. Brian McLemore. Women in Matthew's Gospel : a methodological study / Larry Chouinard. Women in the Gospel of Luke / Allen Black. "Anti-feminist" tendency in the "Western" text of Acts? / Jeffrey W. Childers and L. Curt Niccum. Women in the post-Apostolic Church / Everett Ferguson; title: v. 2. In the beginning : male and female (Gen 1-3) / Rick R. Marrs. Sarah : her life and legacy / Jack W. Vancil. Deborah : judge, prophetess, military leader, and mother in Israel / Charme E. Robarts. "Wise women" in the Bible : identifying a trajectory / Michael S. Moore. Huldah and other biblical prophetesses / John T. Willis. The capable wife (Prov. 31:10-31) / Jack P. Lewis. A note on Luke 18:29-30 / John McRay and Carroll D. Osburn. Women in the Gospel of John / Frank Wheeler. Hup andros : sobordination of women in Rom. 7:2 / James C. Walters. 1 Cor. 7:4 : authority over the body / Robert F. Hull, Jr. Priscilla and Aquila : co-workers in Christ / Wendell Willis. Women and prophecy in the Corinthian church / Gary Selby. I Cor. 11:2-16 : public or private / Carroll D. Osburn. Was Sarah a believer? : reflections on Hebrews 11:11 / James Thompson. Tertullian, against women? / Earl Lavender. Women ministers in Constantinian Christianity / Frederick W. Norris. Women in the European Middle Ages / Dale Pauls. The problem of credulity of women in the history of Christian thought / Gerald C. Tiffin. Gender roles and conservative churches : 1870-1930 / Kathy J. Pulley. The cult of true womanhood and the disciple path to female preaching / Fred A. Bailey. The role of women in the New Testament doctrine of ministry / Allan J. McNicol. Women in the church : the hermeneutical problem / Thomas H. Olbricht; title: Practical implications of a change in the role of women / Bill Love; title: Faith and gender : reflections and discussions at the Stamford Church of Christ / Dale Pauls; title: Reflections on the "women's issue" at Meadowbrook Church, Jackson, MS / David B. Jackson.