Description

This latest volume in the Bible and Women series examines ancient noncanonical Christian texts for what they reveal about women, their engagement with Scripture, and attitudes toward them in texts dating to the second to eighth century. Three sections include once-forgotten texts rediscovered in locations such as Nag Hammadi, those that have been in continuous use through the centuries, and works written by women that are traditionally excluded from discussions of noncanonical texts. Contributors Bernadette J. Brooten, María José Cabezas Cabello, Anna Carfora, Ute E. Eisen, Judith Hartenstein, Ursula Ulrike Kaiser, Karen L. King, Outi Lehtipuu, Heidrun Mader, Antti Marjanen, Silvia Pellegrini, Silke Petersen, Uwe-Karsten Plisch, Cristina Simonelli, Anna Rebecca Solevåg, M. Dolores Martin Trutet, and Carmen Bernabé Ubieta examine a range of texts, including noncanonical gospels and acts, poems, prophecy, and grave inscriptions.

Contents

• Outi Lehtipuu and Silke PetersenIntroduction
• Karen L. KingNo Longer Marginalized: From Orthodoxy and Heresy Discourse to Category Critique and Beyond

1. NEWLY DISCOVERED TEXTS: NAG HAMMADI AND RELATED WRITINGS

• Judith Hartenstein Female Disciples of Jesus in Early Christian Gospels: Gospel of Mary, Wisdom of Jesus Christ, and Other Gospels in Dialogue Form
• Antti Marjanen Rewritten Eve Traditions in the Nature of the Rulers (NHC II 4)
• Uwe-Karsten PlischSophia and Her Sisters: Norea, Protennoia, Brontē
• Silke Petersen Becoming Male and the Annulment of Gender Difference: Return to Paradise?

2. TEXTS IN CONTINUOUS USE: INFANCY GOSPELS AND APOCRYPHAL ACTS OF APOSTLES

• Silvia Pellegrini Birth and Virginity in the Protevangelium of James
• Ursula Ulrike Kaiser Gender Roles in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas
• Carmen Bernabé Ubieta Ways of Life in the Apocryphal Acts of Apostles: Chastity as Autonomy?
• Outi Lehtipuu Apostolic Authority in the Acts of Thecla
• Bernadette J. Brooten Gender and Slavery in the Acts of Andrew
• Anna Rebecca Solevåg Gender and Disability in the Acts of Peter: Apostolic Power to Paralyze

3. FEMALE VOICES IN ANCIENT TEXTS?

• Anna Carfora Perpetua, Her Martyrdom, and Holy Scriptures
• María José Cabezas Cabello Genesis according to Proba and Eudocia
• M. Dolores Martin Trutet Pilgrim of the Word: The Bible and Women in Egeria’s Itinerarium
• Cristina Simonelli Mixed Doubles: The Epithalamium of Paulinus and Therasia
• Heidrun Mader Early Christian Female Theologians in Profile: Maximilla’s and Quintilla’s Visions for the Church
• Ute E. Eisen Early Christian Women in Leadership Positions: The Testimony of Grave Inscriptions

Bibliography

Contributors

Ancient Sources Index

Ancient Christian Apocrypha

• Eds.
  Outi Lehtipuu
• Silke Petersen

Year 2022