Women in the New Testament: Questions and Commentary - Couverture souple

Thurston, Bonnie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0824516702 ISBN 13 : 9780824516703

Editeur : Crossroad Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

This is an insightful examination of the personalities, place, and power of women in the New Testament. Thurston gives the cultural and religious context of women in the Greco-Roman world and seeks to show ways in which early Christianity attempted to liberate people from patriarchic oppression and later compromised under the pressure of the dominant society. She looks specifically at the texts of Paul, Mark, John, and the Luke.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Bonnie Thurston, a native of West Virginia, currently lives near Wheeling, West Virginia, having resigned the William F. Orr Professorship in New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 2002. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Bethany College (Valedictorian, Class of 1974), and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Virginia. Bonnie has written ten theological books and over 100 articles and taught at the university level for 28 years. Her scholarly research interests in the New Testament include the gospels of Mark and John and the Deutero-Pauline canon and, more generally, the history of Christian spirituality and prayer. She was ordained in 1984 and has served as co-pastor, pastor, or interim of five churches and twice in overseas ministries. She is a spiritual director and retreat speaker. Her poetry frequently appears in religious periodicals, and she has authored one volume of verse; a second is at the press. Bonnie is a widow, an avid reader, gardener, and cook, enjoys classical music (especially the opera and liturgical music), and loves the West Virginia hills.

Revue de presse

Reconstructing the cultural, religious, and economic roles of women in pre-Christian times and during the New Testament period, Thurston (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) shows how women were an important force in Christianity as it emerged. Drawing on the work of numerous scholars, the author examines and contrasts the depiction of women in the letters of Paul with the gospels of Mark, Luke, John, and Deutero-Pauline letters (those epistles thought to have been ascribed to Paul pseudonymously by later apostles). She does not include Matthew, which makes little direct mention of women and merits further study. Thurston, an ordained minister, concludes that although the New Testament was a product of patriarchal times, God is not patriarchal, and that the Word 'became flesh, not book.' This is a well-balanced, thorough, and excellent treatment of a highly charged topic. --Library Journal

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Crossroad Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824516702
• ISBN 13: 9780824516703
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible