Women and the Genesis of Christianity
This
book presents in as clear a way as possible the New Testament material
dealing with women and their roles in the context of the movement Jesus
began. Dr Witherington begins by illustrating the roles of women in
Judaism, in the Hellenistic world, and in the Roman Empire. She goes on
to show how Jesus broke significantly with convention in the way he
viewed women and their roles, offering as he did a wholly new conception
of the legitimate rights of women in society. An analysis follows of
the apostle Paulís attitude toward women, which shows how he agreed with
and differed from the ideas of his contemporaries. The concluding
chapters discuss the evangelists, whose selection and presentation of
material with respect to women casts much light on the early Churchís
understanding of women and their roles. This comprehensive survey, which
avoids slanting its material to serve a modern patriarchal or feminist
bias, comes to the exciting conclusion that we can see in the New
Testament an attempt to reform the patriarchal orientation of the day.
I draw your attention, sir, to the broken-ness of this link.
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