Titre :	A woman's place : house churches in earliest Christianity
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Osiek, Carolyn, Auteur ; Margaret Y. Macdonald, Auteur ; Janet H. Tulloch, Auteur
Editeur :	Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press
Année de publication :	©2006
Importance :	vi, 345 p.
Présentation :	illustrations
Format :	23 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-8006-3777-4
Note générale :	Includes bibliographical references and index
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Christian women. Church history -- Primitive and early church. House churches Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity Women in Christianity Women in church work
Index. décimale :	BV 601.85
Résumé :	Since the house was the physical meeting place for early Christian communities until about the end of the second century, in a very real sense investigation of Roman household life is of paramount significance for the study of early Christianity. In addition to considering a wide range of textual evidence from the New Testament, early church writings, and Roman and Jewish sources, the book aims to take account of
Note de contenu :	Dutiful and less than dutiful wives -- Giving birth : labor, nursing, and care of infants in house-church communities -- Growing up in house-church communities -- Female slaves : twice vulnerable -- Ephesians 5 and the politics of marriage -- Women leaders of households and Christian assemblies -- Women leaders in family funerary banquets / Janet H. Tulloch -- Women patrons in the life of house churches -- Women as agents of expansion -- Conclusion: discovering a woman's place.

A woman's place : house churches in earliest Christianity [texte imprimé] / Osiek, Carolyn, Auteur ; Margaret Y. Macdonald, Auteur ; Janet H. Tulloch, Auteur . - Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©2006 . - vi, 345 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-8006-3777-4
Includes bibliographical references and index
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Christian women. Church history -- Primitive and early church. House churches Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity Women in Christianity Women in church work
Index. décimale :	BV 601.85
Résumé :	Since the house was the physical meeting place for early Christian communities until about the end of the second century, in a very real sense investigation of Roman household life is of paramount significance for the study of early Christianity. In addition to considering a wide range of textual evidence from the New Testament, early church writings, and Roman and Jewish sources, the book aims to take account of
Note de contenu :	Dutiful and less than dutiful wives -- Giving birth : labor, nursing, and care of infants in house-church communities -- Growing up in house-church communities -- Female slaves : twice vulnerable -- Ephesians 5 and the politics of marriage -- Women leaders of households and Christian assemblies -- Women leaders in family funerary banquets / Janet H. Tulloch -- Women patrons in the life of house churches -- Women as agents of expansion -- Conclusion: discovering a woman's place.