TY - BOOK AU - Vander Stichele,Caroline AU - Penner,Todd C. TI - Contextualizing Gender in Early Christian Discourse: Thinking Beyond Thecla SN - 9780567030351 AV - BS2361.3 .V36 2009 U1 - 225.6 PY - 2009///] CY - London PB - T & T Clark KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Sex Role Religious aspects KW - Contextualizing Gender New Testament Times KW - Gender Christianity Roman Culture KW - Gender Identity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introducing a gender-critical approach; Contextualizing gender in the Greco-Roman world; Boundaries and bodies in early Christian discourse; Gender and the modern interpreter; Reading (for) gender; (Dis)closure; Index N2 - An introduction to feminist and gender-critical perspectives on the New Testament and other early Christian writings. Focuses on the Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline correspondence (with a particular emphasis on 1 Corinthians), and the Acts of Paul and Thecla ER -