Overview

In a time when the ordination of women to the clergy is an ongoing and passionate debate, the study of women's ministry in the early church is a timely and significant one. There is much doctrinal and artifactual evidence that supports the existence of women as presbyters and deacons in the early church. This evidence has been published previously, but never in one complete collection and oftentimes not translated into English. With this book, church historians Kevin Madigan and Carolyn Osiek present, in one source, fully translated literary, epigraphical, and canonical references to women in early church offices, making these texts available to students, scholars, and general readers. Through these documents, Madigan and Osiek seek to understand who these women were and how they related to and were received by the church through the sixth century. They chart women's participation in church office and their eventual exclusion from its leadership roles. The editors introduce each document with a detailed headnote that contextualizes the text and discusses specific issues of interpretation and meaning. They also provide bibliographical notes and cross reference original texts. Madigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom.

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Author:   Kevin Madigan (Harvard Divinity School) ,  Carolyn Osiek
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780801879326

ISBN 10:   0801879329
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 September 2005
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Source Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. New Testament Texts and Their Patristic Commentators Romans 16:1–2 1 Timothy 3:8–11 1 Timothy 5:3–13 3. Women Deacons in the East: Literary Texts, Literary Allusions, Inscriptions Literary Texts and Allusion Insciptions 4. Women Deacons in the East: Canons and Comments on Church Practice Didascalia and Apostolic Constitutions Other Sources before the Sixth Century, in Chronological Order Justinian, Novellae 5. Women Deacons in the East: Later Texts 6. Women Deacons in the West Literary Texts Inscriptions Canons and Comments on Church Practice 7. Women Deacons: Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi and Related Texts 8. Women Presyters In the East Literary Texts, Canonical, and Legendary Inscriptions In the West Wives of Clerics Three North Africans against Women Presbyters Canons and Episcopal Letters Inscriptions 9. Conclusions Appendixes A. Locations of Deacon Inscriptions B. Locations of Deacons in Literary Sources C. Locations of Presbyters D. Family Relationships Identified for Women in Inscriptions Index of Ancient Names Index of Deaconesses, Presbyters, and Episcopa Index of Modern Authors

Reviews

Recommended for libraries and general and scholarly audiences. -- Maureen A. Tilley, Catholic Biblical Quarterly

Author Information

Author Website:   http://www.hds.harvard.edu/dpa/faculty/area2/madigan.html

Kevin Madigan is the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University. Carolyn Osiek is the Charles Fischer Professor of New Testament (retired), Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.

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Author Website:   http://www.hds.harvard.edu/dpa/faculty/area2/madigan.html

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