Women in the Earliest Churches

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This book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Women in first-century Mediterranean cultures; 2. Women and the physical family in the Pauline epistles; 3. Women and the family of faith in the Pauline epistles; 4. Women and the Third Evangelist; 5. Women in the churches of Matthew, Mark, and John; 6. Trajectories beyond the New Testament era; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography.