Schottroff, Luise

Let the oppressed go free : Feminist perspectives on the New Testament / Luise Schottroff. - Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster/John Knox Press, c1993. - 208 p.; 20 cm. - Gender and the biblical tradition .

Selection from the author's Befreiungserfahrungen Includes index

Contents: Experiences of liberation--How justified is the feminist critique of Paul?--"Leaders of the faith" (or "just some pious womenfolk")?--Women as disciples of Jesus in New Testament times--Lydia, a new quality of power--The woman who loved much and the Pharisee Simon (Luke 7:36-50)--The virgin birth (Luke 1:26-33, 38)--Mary Magdalene and the women at Jesus' tomb.

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Women in the Bible
Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca.30-600
Bible. N.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Feminist theology
Liberation theology
Sociology, Biblical

BS 2330.3 / .B37 1995