Women, work and leadership in Acts

Teresa J. Calpino's social-historical examination opens out the significance of two women often bypassed in studies of Acts of the Apostles, Tabitha (Acts 9:36-43) and Lydia (Acts 16:11-15). In this first ever work to analyze these women as a pair, Calpino takes special notice of the ways in wh...

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Main Author: Calpino, Teresa J. 1963- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2014
In: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / 2 (361)
Year: 2014
Reviews:, in: RBLit 17 (2015)* 17 (2015)* (Prince, Deborah Thompson)
, in: ThRv 111 (2015) 202-203 (Hentschel, Anni)
, in: BBR 25 (2015) 273-274 (Phillips, Elaine A.)
Series/Journal:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / 2 361
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tabita / Bible. Apostelgeschichte 9,36-43 / Exegesis
B Lydia, Heilige, Biblische Person / Bible. Apostelgeschichte 16,9-15 / Exegesis
B Primitive Christianity / Woman / Social position
B Greece / Roman Empire / Classical antiquity / Woman
B Tabitha / Lydia, Heilige, Biblische Person / Description / Apostle
B Tabitha / Lydia, Heilige, Biblische Person / Description / Literature
B Woman / Christianity
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
XA Law
Further subjects:B Gender-specific role
B Bible. Acts Women
B Church
B Judiciary
B Law
B Lydia Heilige, Biblische Person
B Thesis
B Divorce
B Griechische Literatur
B Socio-historical exegesis
B Work
B Leitung
B Woman
B Tabita
B Bible. Acts Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Marriage
B Acts of the Apostles
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Summary:Teresa J. Calpino's social-historical examination opens out the significance of two women often bypassed in studies of Acts of the Apostles, Tabitha (Acts 9:36-43) and Lydia (Acts 16:11-15). In this first ever work to analyze these women as a pair, Calpino takes special notice of the ways in which depictions of the ideal woman in Greco-Roman literature are at variance with the descriptions of Tabitha and Lydia. She uncovers the signals to the Greco-Roman audience concerning each woman's portrait, as single, financially independent and socially respected as benefactresses, but each in her own unique manner. While recognizing certain differences in the societal parameters and cultural conventions that still held in the Greek East and Roman West, the author shows how each woman clearly belongs to the new movement across the Empire in which women take a more active part in business
ISBN:3161527798