Birthing salvation : gender and class in early Christian childbearing discourse / by Anna Rebecca Solevåg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solevåg, Anna Rebecca.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 121.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume 121

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salvation--Biblical teaching.

Salvation.

Salvation--Christianity.

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Childbirth--Biblical teaching.

Childbirth.

Childbirth--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2013

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Birthing Salvation Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women’s childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how childbearing discourse interfaces with salvation discourse in three early Christian texts: the Pastoral Epistles, the Acts of Andrew and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. Issues of gender and class are explored through an intersectional analysis. In particular, the institution of slavery, and its implications for ideas about salvation in these texts are drawn out. Birthing Salvation offers fresh interpretations of these texts, including the peculiar statement in 1 Tim 2:15 that women “will be saved through childbearing.”

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

On Waves, Discourses and Intersections

Greco-Roman Childbearing Discourse

The Pastoral Epistles

The Acts of Andrew

The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas

Conclusion

Bibliography

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25778-0

OCLC:

857970944

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004257788 DOI