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{en} Kathleen E. Corley. Women & the Historical Jesus: Feminist Myths of Christian Origins . Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge Press, 2002.

Abstract

"For decades scholars have argued that Jesus' teaching fostered inclusive communities and the full participation of women. Now Kathleen Corley challenges the assumption that Jesus himself fought patriarchal limitations on women. Rather the analysis of his authentic teaching suggests that while Jesus critiques class and slave/free distinctions in his culture, his critique did not extend to unequal gender distinctions. The presence of women among his disciples, she says, is explained on the basis of the presence of women among many Greco-Roman religions and philosophical groups, including the Judaism of Jesus' own day."--Publisher description.

Contents

Ch. 1. Jesus, Women, & the Social & Religious Environment of Palestine -- Ch. 2. Working Women in the Gospel of Mark -- Ch. 3. Gender & Class in the Teaching of Jesus -- Ch. 4. Women, Gender, & Lament in Q -- Ch. 5. He Was Buried, On the Third Day He Was Raised.

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