Title: A woman's place
First published: 2006
Description: Since the house was the physical meeting place for early Christian communities until about the end of the second century, in a very real sense investigation of Roman household life is of paramount significance for the study of early Christianity. In addition to considering a wide range of textual evidence from the New Testament, early church writings, and Roman and Jewish sources, the book aims to take account of Roman archaeological evidence for housing and discusses the importance of issues of space and visibility in shaping the lives of early Christian women. Several aspects of women's everyday existence will be investigated, including the lives of wives, widows, women and children, female slaves, women as patrons, household leaders, and teachers.
Subjects: Women in church work, Religious aspects of Sex role, Religious aspects, Christianity, Sex role, Church history, Women in Christianity, House churches, Christianity - General, Religion - Commentaries / Reference, Religion, Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - New Testament, Women's studies, Aspect religieux, Église domestique, Frühchristentum, Église, Christianisme, Primitive and early church, Geschlechterrolle, Rôle selon le sexe, Histoire, Femmes dans le christianisme, Frau, Kirchengeschichte, Hauskreis, Urchristentum, Hauskirche, History, Christian women
Time periods: Primitve and early church, ca. 30-600
LC classification: BV601.85 .O85 2005