Women in the New Testament world /

Women in the New Testament world /

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Author / Creator:	Hylen, Susan, author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Language:	English
Series:	Essentials of biblical studies Essentials of biblical studies.
Subject:	Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Women in the Bible.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12687683

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ISBN:	9780190237615 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	Previously issued in print: 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 20, 2018).
Summary:	This text presents and interprets evidence for women's lives in the social context of the New Testament. Some of the evidence from this period of Roman history suggests that women's roles were sharply restricted. Other evidence shows women taking on leadership roles, managing property, and the like. Previous interpreters have often argued that the two kinds of evidence describe different groups or arenas where women's activity was either forbidden or allowed. However, this work argues that the evidence points to complex gender norms that were sometimes in tension.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780190237578

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Summary:	Modern readers of the New Testament often notice its varying ideas about women. Some passages encouraged women to be submissive and remain silent. Yet in others, women characters owned property, headed households, or spoke with approval. Women in the New Testament World helps readers understand this conflicting evidence. It argues that social norms of the time encouraged traditional feminine virtues. However, as Susan Hylen argues, women in the culture enacted these virtues in a variety of ways, including active leadership in households, associations, and cities. In contrast to earlier approaches that divided the evidence into groups that either allowed or forbade women's leadership, this book points to a tension that was pervasive across different groups and regions of the Roman world. Society widely viewed women as inferior to men yet applauded their active pursuit of familial and civic interests. Thus, it was not the case that some women led while others were silent; instead, women were praised for modesty at the same time as they exerted influence in their communities. Elaborating on this rich historical background, Hylen illuminates new possibilities in New Testament texts.<br>
Item Description:	Previously issued in print: 2018.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:	Specialized.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780190237615