Publication

2013 - Cascade Books, Eugene, OR, Oregon

Language

English

Word Count

37,000 words, Guess

Page Count

148 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10162032220X
  • ISBN-139781620322208
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012285939
  • OCLC Control Number863077982
  • Better World Books9781620322208
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC200
  • LCCBS2705.52 .L36 2013

Description

As one surveys the scholarship on the canonical letter to the Philippians, one notices the lack of attention to women within many scholars' analyses. To a certain extent, this lack of attention exists because ancient texts often leave out information about women. Using ritual studies, archaeology, and textual evidence, this work brings life to the ritual lives of ancient Philippian women in their own cultural context. The discipline of ritual studies provides new questions that shed more specific light on the lives of women in this fledgling Jesus group. Therefore, ritual studies brings clarity to early Philippian women's reception of the letter. Furthermore, this ritual background helps modern readers visualize a more diverse community of Jesus followers in Philippi and provides a clearer picture of the struggles this nascent Jesus community was experiencing. -- BOOK COVER.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean context series -- 8
  • Matrix--the Bible in Mediterranean context -- 8.

Other Editions

  • Ritual, women, and Philippi: reimagining the early Philippian communityCascade Books2013-01-01

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