RT Article
T1 Women on the Move in the New Testament
JF Religion & theology
VO 29
IS 3/4
SP 322
OP 343
A1 Solevåg, Anna Rebecca
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1829468839
AB This article discusses the relation between gender and migration in the New Testament. Six cases of women on the move are presented: Mary, the mother of Jesus; the women in the Jesus movement; three women from the first generation of Christ-believers, Prisca, Lydia and Phoebe; and the unnamed slave woman from Acts 16:16. It is argued that these cases reveal a variety of causes for migration and also depict women who are quite different when it comes to social location and power. The article also discusses the importance of migrant networks in the first century, including religious networks such as the Jewish diaspora. It is argued that women played a key role in the migrant networks presented in New Testament texts.
K1 Diaspora
K1 migration network
K1 Intersectionality
K1 Gender
K1 migration history
DO 10.1163/15743012-bja10029