Finding Phoebe: What New Testament Women Were Really Like Hylen Susan E.
Finding Phoebe: What New Testament Women Were Really Like Hylen Susan E. Forget what you think you know about women in the early church.In this learned yet accessible book, Susan E. Perfect for…
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Finding Phoebe: What New Testament Women Were Really Like Hylen Susan E.
Forget what you think you know about women in the early church.In this learned yet accessible book, Susan E. Perfect for clergy, spiritual reading groups, and all curious minds, Finding Phoebe combines incisive scholarship and instructional sensibility to encourage readers to develop their own informed interpretations of Scripture.Contrary to popular conceptions of "biblical womanhood" as passive and silent, women often served as leaders and prophets in their communities. Hylen introduces first-century primary sources to illuminate readers' understanding of New Testament women.
Many women worked outside the home and were educated according to the needs of their professions. Women owned one-third of all property during the period, granting them access to civic power through patronage. Through careful examination of "modesty" and "silence" in the Greco-Roman