More ‘Holy Women’ in Early Christianity

2021 ◽  
pp. 130-150
Author(s):  
Markus Vinzent
Keyword(s):  
Early Christianity ◽  
Song Of Songs ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Holy Women ◽  
Canonical Texts ◽  
Editing Process

This chapter explores ‘More “Holy Women” in Early Christianity: The Gospels of Mary and Marcion’. It provides a comparison between the role of women as described by the Gospel of Mary and Marcion’s Gospel (and Apostolikon) to that of the canonical Gospels. It emerges that in the two non-canonical texts women were regarded as true witnesses, prophets, and apostles of Christ in contrast to the ambiguous, if not dubious role of the twelve, and especially of that of Peter. The chapter also looks into the role of women in the Roman church where, for example, in Hippolytus (In Song of Songs 25.6) they are still known as ‘Apostles to the Apostles’. This picture differs considerably from what we are used to read, at least at face value, in the canonical texts, and ultimately asks us to consider the editing process that resulted in certain versions of the earliest stories to be erased.

Women and the Faith in Icons in Early Christianity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Herrin
Keyword(s):  
Early Christianity ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Funerary Art ◽  
Mediterranean Culture ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Way

This chapter discusses the place of icons in worship, their character, and the way they came to symbolize the holy and mediate between earth and heaven. In particular, as icons became a vivid focus of devotion, they began to embody human relations with God the Creator and Ruler of the entire Christian world. It is argued that women played a notable part in this developing cult of icons. The chapter concentrates on some features of Late Antique Mediterranean culture, shared by Jews and Gentiles, pagan and Christian alike. These provided a common social experience within which the artistic evolution of the Christian church took place. In particular, the first part of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of funerary art, for this represents one of the most striking ways whereby Christians transmitted pagan rituals and artistic forms to their new faith. The second part examines some of the reasons for the preservation of these forms, once assimilated to a Christian mode, when they came under attack in the East. It asks how much that response informs us about the role of women in the cult of icons.

Book Review: The Role of Women in Early Christianity

1983 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 714-715
Author(s):  
Edward J. Kilmartin
Keyword(s):  
Early Christianity ◽  
Role Of Women

Creating a Culture of Caretaking

2021 ◽  
pp. 213-216
Author(s):  
Samuel Cohn
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Early Christianity ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Women

This chapter discusses the role of women in rebuilding societies in duress and re-creating a culture of caretaking, which was illustrated in the history of early Christianity in the Roman Empire and in a comparison of Uganda's and Afghanistan's capacities to recover from civil war. What happened when these two wars came to an end (or at least a lull in the level of hostilities)? The Northern Ugandan women left the refugee camps and started reconstructing agricultural life in their old villages. Because the women were able to leave the camps and operate on their own, recovery in Uganda was relatively rapid. No such rebound occurred in Afghanistan, because the country is a patriarchal place. Economic activity was restricted to men; men were too involved in politics to do much reconstructive agriculture. Ultimately, women's reconstruction of an economy is also women's reconstruction of a peace economy.

scholarly journals Sarah's submissiveness to Abraham: A socio-historic interpretation of the exhortation to wives in 1 Peter 3:5-6 to take Sarah as example of submissiveness

2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fika Janse Van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
1 Peter ◽  
The Past ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Holy Women ◽  
The Way

In 1 Peter 3:5-6 the author of First Peter refers to the holy women of the past who were submissive to their own husbands, and then refers to Sarah who obeyed Abraham and called him master. A socio-historic interpretation of this exhortation to wives in 1 Peter 3:5-6, using Sarah's submissiveness to Abraham as example of submissiveness, is given. This is done in order to approximate the reception of this tradition in First Peter, and the way the letter’s first hearers/readers’ (specifically the women) understood the author’s exhortation, and to establish what the implications of this exhortation are for the role of women in churches today.

The Role of Women in Pursuing Scottish Criminal Actions, 1580–1650

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-250
Author(s):  
Stephanie Dropuljic
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Legal History ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
The Law ◽  
Role Of Women

This article examines the role of women in raising criminal actions of homicide before the central criminal court, in early modern Scotland. In doing so, it highlights the two main forms of standing women held; pursing an action for homicide alone and as part of a wider group of kin and family. The evidence presented therein challenges our current understanding of the role of women in the pursuit of crime and contributes to an under-researched area of Scots criminal legal history, gender and the law.

REGULATION OF MARRIAGE RELATIONS IN THE TURKESTAN REGION

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Khurshida Tillahodjaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Family ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Family And Marriage ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
Definition Of

In this article we will talk about the scale of family and marriage relations in the early XX century in the Turkestan region, their regulation, legislation. Clearly reveals the role of women and men in the family, the definition of which is based on the material conditions of society, equality of rights and freedoms and its features.

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