Contributions

  • MacDonald, Margaret Y. - Contributor
  • Tulloch, Janet H. - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Fortress Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Language

English

Word Count

86,250 words, Guess

Page Count

345 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1180951
  • Goodreads3505839

Classifications

  • DDC270.1/082
  • LCCBV601.85 .O85 2005

Description

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 Roman archaeological evidence for housing and discusses the importance of issues of space and visibility in shaping the lives of early Christian women. Several aspects of women's everyday existence will be investigated, including the lives of wives, widows, women and children, female slaves, women as patrons, household leaders, and teachers.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A woman's placeFortress Press2006

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