Women and Christian Origins

This is a collection of previously unpublished essays on the role of women in the New Testament and in the early church. It begins by supplying the historical and social contexts of women''s lives in the New Testament period. In the next sections the authors address issues surrounding the representation of women in the Gospels and in the Pauline writings. Finally they turn to a consideration of attitudes towards women in the early church and the roles played by early Christian women.