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Private Women, Public Meals: Social Conflict in the Synoptic Tradition (1993) is a book by Kathleen E. Corley.

Abstract

"This work, a revision of the author's Claremont dissertation, examines how women's differing roles in the ancient Greco-Roman world are reflected in the Gospel portraits of women. Focusing on women's varying portrayals in meal or banquet settings, Corley uncovers evidence that women's roles were undergoing radical social change throughout the Greco-Roman world - both in moving toward equality and in returning to a more traditional role. Such spadework helps us in analyzing the conflicting portrayals of women in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Bibliography, notes, and an index of ancient sources render this an invaluable tool for studying women in the Synoptics and ancient social attitudes toward women. This volume should be of particular interest to pastors and teachers, as well as college, university, and seminary students.."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 1993.

Contents

Part 1: Women in early Christianity and early Christian communal meals -- Women in early Christianity and early Christian communal meals -- History of scholarship on women in early Christianity -- History of scholarship on early Christian communal meals -- Women in the context of Greco-Roman meals -- Women's table etiquette : the background -- The continuing influence of Greek meal ideology -- Women in public in the late Republic and early Empire -- Jewish meal practice and ideology in the Greco-Roman era -- Christian women and public meals -- Conclusions on Greco-Roman table etiquette and meal ideology.; Part II: Women and meals in the synoptic gospels -- Women and meals in the Gospel of Mark -- The women who "follow" and "serve" (Mark 15:40-41) -- Peter's mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-31) -- Meals with "tax-collectors and sinners" (Mark 2:14-17) -- Herod's birthday symposium (Mark 6:14-29) -- The Syro-Phoenician woman (Mark 7:24-30) -- The unnamed woman who anoints Jesus (Mark 14:3-9) -- Mark, women, and meals : some conclusions.; Women and meals in the Gospel of Luke : The "ministering women" of Luke 8:1-3 -- Peter's mother-in-law (Luke 4:38-39) -- The "sinner" who anoints Jesus at a meal (Luke 7:36-50) -- Meals with "tax-collectors and sinners" -- Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42) -- Luke, women, and meals : some conclusions.; Women and meals in the Gospel of Matthew -- "Prostitutes" and the Matthean genealogy (Matt 1:1-17) -- "Tax-collectors, sinners, and courtesans" (Matt 9:9-13; 11:18-19; 21:31-32) -- Herod's birthday party (Matt 14:1-12) -- The feeding of thousands, including women (Matt 14:13- 21; 15:32-39) -- The Canaanite woman (Matt 15:21-28) -- The woman who anoints Jesus at a meal (Matt 26:6-13) -- The women who follow and serve (Matt 27:55-56) -- Women and meals in Matthew's Gospel : some conclusions.

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