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Women in the World of the Earliest Christians – Illuminating Ancient Ways of

Women in the World of the Earliest Christians – Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life Paperback / softback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Lynn Cohick

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  • Title Women in the World of the Earliest Christians – Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life
  • Author Lynn Cohick
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 350
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Baker Academic, Grand Rapids
  • Date 2009-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780801031724_inp
  • ISBN 9780801031724 / 0801031729
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.56 x 0.87 in (22.86 x 16.66 x 2.21 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - Rome - Social life and customs, Christian women - Rome - Social life and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009029934
  • Dewey Decimal Code 270

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.

From the rear cover

"Many preconceptions exist about the role of women in the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds at the time of Jesus. By taking us through the world of women at that time, Cohick offers a solid glimpse of first-century culture--a wonderful window into the world of the New Testament that is well worth the read."--Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary

"A richly detailed and finely nuanced invitation into the lives of women in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The study profits from Cohick's integrated examination of literary, epigraphic, iconographic, and archaeological evidence. She exposes gender bias and ideology in literary evidence without discarding what reliable evidence these texts offer for the reconstruction of women's 'real life' experience. This book challenges some oft-heard generalizations about women, women's roles, and women's influence, replacing these with the more complicated and varied realities of women's experience in the ancient world."--David A. deSilva, Ashland Theological Seminary

"Cohick invites the reader into the lives of women in the ancient world. She carefully assesses the available information--from literature, artwork, inscriptions, and even business receipts--sketching a portrait of 'real women's experiences' in the early days of Christianity. To combine fascinating storytelling with careful historical assessment is no simple task; Cohick does so with ease. Essential reading!"--Jeannine Brown, Bethel Seminary

"This is an important book for all students of the New Testament, however novice or advanced. Cohick's historical sensibilities and sympathetic reading of the whole range of available evidence overturn a number of caricatures that have for decades plagued claims about women (and men) in the world of the early church. Her presentation of the life of the ordinary Roman woman from Greco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources is a model of careful exploration and nuanced reconstruction. It deserves to be read attentively and consulted often."--Joel B. Green, Fuller Theological Seminary

"Cohick combines insights from ancient Roman and Jewish texts with current scholarship on the lifestyles and limitations of being female in the first Christian century. The New Testament is not her primary focus, but it is frequently discussed, providing many fascinating parallels, which sometimes confirm and sometimes question traditional interpretations. The book includes many provocative new ideas, which will become the focus of much new work."--David Instone-Brewer, Tyndale House, Cambridge

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Citations

  • Books & Culture, 11/01/2010, Page 9
  • Christianity Today, 01/01/2010, Page 71
  • Library Journal, 02/15/2010, Page 99

About the author

Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and coauthor of The New Testament in Antiquity. She previously taught at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology.