A modest apostle : Thecla and the history of women in the early church

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A modest apostle : Thecla and the history of women in the early church

Title remainder

Thecla and the history of women in the early church

Statement of responsibility

Susan E. Hylen

Creator

• Hylen, Susan,

Subject

• Acts of Paul and Thecla -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Bible, Timothy, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Thecla, Saint
• Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600

Language

eng

Summary

'A Modest Apostle' studies women's leadership in the early church. Susan Hylen argues that complex cultural norms for women's behaviour encouraged both the modesty and leadership of women, as exemplified by Thecla. Hylen's approach points to a new way of understanding women in the early church that insists upon the historical reality of women's leadership without neglecting the effects of the culture's gender biases

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized