And they said nothing to anyone : a redaction-critical study of the role and status of women in the crucifixion, burial and ressurrection stories of the canonical and apocryphal gospels
The overall aim of this research is to ascertain the position and status of women in the early church as reflected in the most important event for the Christian tradition - the resurrection of Jesus. In the course of this study, we will be attempting to unravel the source- and tradition-critical relationships in these narratives in an attempt to make sense of these texts and the redaction-critical processes involved. In order to place this redaction-critical study in its wider context we will begin by looking briefly at the relevant background material. This will involve a short review of the general role and status of women in Judaism and the Greeco-Roman world and an examination of women in the early church. Our treatment of the stories of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection traditions will be developed within a framework of source-, form-, and redaction-critical analysis. The aim of this investigation will be to construct an interpretative framework within which we can assess the attitude to women in the early church as reflected in these particular narratives and the extent, if any, to which this attitude was influenced by questions of the acceptability of women as official representatives of the
Carson, Mary Catherine
Philosophy
And they said nothing to anyone : a redaction-critical study of the role and status of women in the crucifixion, burial and ressurrection stories of the canonical and apocryphal gospels. The overall aim of this research is to ascertain the position and status of women in the early church as reflected in the most important event for the Christian tradition - the resurrection of Jesus. In the course of this study, we will be attempting to unravel the source- and tradition-critical relationships in these narratives in an attempt to make sense of these texts and the redaction-critical processes involved. In order to place this redaction-critical study in its wider context we will begin by looking briefly at the relevant background material. This will involve a short review of the general role and status of women in Judaism and the Greeco-Roman world and an examination of women in the early church. Our treatment of the stories of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection traditions will be developed within a framework of source-, form-, and redaction-critical analysis. The aim of this investigation will be to construct an interpretative framework within which we can assess the attitude to women in the early church as reflected in these particular narratives and the extent, if any, to which this attitude was influenced by questions of the acceptability of women as official representatives of the
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