Women in their place : Paul and the Corinthian discourse of gender and sanctuary space / Jorunn Økland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Økland, Jorunn

Series:

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 269.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 269

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Corinthians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Corinthians.

Women--Biblical teaching.

Women.

Corinth (Greece)--Church history.

Corinth (Greece).

Women--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Women and religion.

Women in public worship.

Physical Description:

ix, 328 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, [2004]

Summary:

Women in Their Place examines 1 Corinthians 11-14 within the larger context of gender models and sanctuary spaces by relating exegesis to space, gender and discourse theories, to comparative archeological and historical material, and to ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish cultural and cultic practices. It establishes a distinction between private, public and sacred/sanctuary space and argues that, in much of 1 Corinthians, Paul is concerned with the marking of firm boundaries around the sanctuary space established by rituals in the eklesia, which would effectively gender the church as a male space.

Contents:

Introduction

From woman to 'woman', from church to ekklesia space, from text to context

Gender aetiologies and the discursive construction of spaces

Places for women in early Roman Corinth's ritual and sanctuary spaces

Placing the Christian gatherings: Paul and the discourse of sanctuary space

Corinthian order

Paul in the early Roman Corinthian discourse of gender and sanctuary space: obedient and subversive.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)-- University of Oslo, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-317) and index.

ISBN:

0567080757

0567084078

OCLC:

57368880