Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women

Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9781725247987
ISBN-13 : 1725247984
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Book Synopsis Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women by : Nathan John Barnes

Download or read book Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women written by Nathan John Barnes and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women were involved in every popular philosophy in the first century, and the participation of women reaches back to the Greek origins of these schools. Philosophers often taught their daughters, wives, and other friends the basic tenets of their thinking. The Isthmian games and a tolerance for independent thinking made Corinth an attractive place for philosophers to engage in dialogue and debate, further facilitating the philosophical education of women. The activity of philosophically educated women directly informs our understanding of 1 Corinthians when Paul uses concepts that also appear in popular moral philosophy. This book explores how philosophically educated women would interact with three such concepts: marriage and family, patronage, and self-sufficiency.

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