Title: Raised from Obscurity: A Narratival and Theological Study of the Characterization of Women in Luke-Acts
Publisher: Pickwick Publications 4/21/2015
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1625641192
ISBN 13: 9781625641199
Binding: Soft cover

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Luke-Acts contains many and diverse female characters, many of whom play significant roles in the unfolding drama of God's plan of salvation through Jesus and the early church. Women followers of Jesus are fully-fledged disciples who prove to be reliable and insightful, participating in God's mission at all levels. They act as interpreters of salvation history, God's prophetic mouthpieces, witnesses to the resurrection, proclaimers and teachers of the gospel, and patrons and leaders of the early church. At the heart of this narratival exposure lies a particular theology of women. This narratival presentation and theology is rich and quite remarkable given the socio-religious climate in which Luke wrote. An appreciation of this "narratival theology" is important not only for a well-rounded understanding of Luke-Acts, but as a vital part of the variegated witness of the New Testament regarding the role of women in God's new community.

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Greg W. Forbes is Professor of New Testament and Greek at Melbourne School of Theology in Australia.

Scott Harrower is associate professor of theology, history, and ethics at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. He is an Anglican priest and is the author of God of All Comfort: A Trinitarian Response to the Horrors of This World.

Lynn H. Cohick is Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. She is the author of Women in the First Christian Century (2009) and co-author with Gary Burge and Gene L. Green of The New Testament and Antiquity (2009).

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