"This twelfth addition to the Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings series examines a number of core Patristic texts and early Christian documents from a feminist perspective. Essays by ten contributors include discussions of early Christian depictions of martyrdom, exhortations to asceticism, biblical reinterpretation, art and architecture, philosophy, and prayer." -BookNotes, Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, October 2008

Mention -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2009

"A very helpful collection, complete with a long bibliography and an index of subjects and names."   International Review of Biblical Studies, vol. 54:2007/08

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"All the essays are worth reading" Ecclesiastical History  July 2009

"The ten essays in this volume offer a rich variety of perspectives from several generations of scholars... This is a very distinguished and helpful collection of essays in a single volume." Reviewed by Rebecca Lyman in Expository Times, September 2009.

Mention. Distinctive News of Women in Ministry. April 2010 

"I found the work readable, stimulating, and informative" Journal for the Study for the New Testament Booklist 2009

- Ruth B. Edwards, Journal for the Study of the New Testament

Covering a wide selection of themes and texts, the authors primarily explore the “construction” of images, types and roles attributed to women, but without neglecting to include an important contextual reflection on the methods and perspectives of the contemporary feminist research work.

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The Feminist Companion to Patristic Literature is the twelfth volume in the Feminist Companion to the Bible and Early Christian Literature series. Presenting cutting-edge studies by both established scholars and new voices from diverse cultures and contexts, the series not only displays the range of feminist readings, it offers essential readings for all students of the New Testament and early Christian literature.This volume examines a number of Patristic texts and early christian documents from a feminist perspective including Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria, the Christian Martyr and the Gospel of Thomas. Contributors: Barbara Bowe, Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley, Denise Buell, Virginia Burrus, Elizabeth Castelli, Elizabeth Clark, Kathy Gaca, Robin Jensen, Ross S Kraemer, Carolyn Osiek, Carolyn Osiek, Theresa Shaw
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Examines Patristic texts and early Christian documents from a feminist perspective, including "Clement of Rome", "Clement of Alexandria", the "Christian Martyr" and the "Gospel of Thomas". This volume is suitable for libraries; academics; postgraduates and upper level undergraduates.
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Barbara E. Bowe
'Many Women Have Been Empowered through God's Grace': Feminist Contradictions and Curiosities in Clement of Rome



Denise Kimber Buell


Ambiguous Legacy: A Feminist Commentary on Clement of Alexandria's Works





Virginia Burrus


Torture and Travail: Producing the Christian Martyr





Elizabeth Castelli


Virginity and its Meaning for Women's Sexuality in Early Christianity





Elizabeth A. Clark


Ideology, History and the Construction of 'Woman' in Late Ancient Christianity





Kathy L. Gaca


The Pentateuch or Plato: Two Competing Paradigms of Christian Sexual Morality





Robin M. Jensen


Mater Ecclesia and Fons Aeterna: The Church and Her Womb in Ancient Christian Tradition





Ross S. Kraemer


When Is A Text About a Woman a Text About a Woman: The Cases of Aseneth and Perpetua





Carolyn Osiek


The Patronage of Women in Early Christianity





Teresa M. Shaw


The Virgin Charioteer and the Bride of Christ: Gender and the Passions in Late Ancient Ethics and Early Christian Writings on Virginity

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In its twelth volume this text examines a number of Patristic texts and early Christian documents from a feminist perspective.
The Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christianity is highly regarded by scholars working in the field

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ISBN
9780567045546
Publisert
2008-05-01
Utgiver
Vendor
T.& T.Clark Ltd
Vekt
535 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256

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Biografisk notat

Amy-Jill Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, and director of the Carpenter Program in religion, gender and sexuality in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.