Author : Ute E. Eisen
Release : 2000
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 502/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Women Officeholders in Early Christianity by : Ute E. Eisen
Download or read book Women Officeholders in Early Christianity written by Ute E. Eisen. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. Topics include apostles, prophets, theological teachers, presbyters, enrolled widows, deacons, bishops, and oikonomae. The book concludes with a chapter on "source-oriented perspectives for a history of Christian women in official positions."