Lydia's Impatient Sisters

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Westminster John Knox Press, 1995 M04 15 - 316 pages

Lydia's Impatient Sisters offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theological topics in New Testament, such as the revelation of God and the daily life of the church. Schottroff's work demonstrates how women were embedded in their social world.

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Contents

The Jesus Movement and Messianic Communities in
3
Patriarchy and the Hope for the Reign of
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11
26
E The Feminist Vision and the Reign of
41
From Life to ScriptureFrom Scripture to Life
58
Oppression of Women and Hatred of Womens Liberation
69
The Work of Women in the
79
Womens Daily Struggle for Money
91
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53811 and Luke 148
177
4245 and par
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Abbreviations
224
Bibliography
275
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings
291
Copyright

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About the author (1995)

Luise Schottroff teaches New Testament and feminist theology at the University of Kassel in Germany, and is the author of numerous books and articles, including Let the Oppressed Go Free (WJK).

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