Let the oppressed go free : Feminist perspectives on the New Testament - Schottroff, Luise (Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993)
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.
Selection from the author's Befreiungserfahrungen Includes index
Keywords: 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