Women Officeholders in Early Christianity: Epigraphical and Literary Studies

Women Officeholders in Early Christianity: Epigraphical and Literary Studies
ISBN-10
0814659500
ISBN-13
9780814659502
Category
Religion
Pages
322
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Liturgical Press
Author
Ute E. Eisen

Description

Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. Topics include apostles, prophets, theological teachers, presbyters, enrolled widows, deacons, bishops, and oikonomae. The book concludes with a chapter on "source-oriented perspectives for a history of Christian women in official positions."

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