Women in Their Place
Paul and the Corinthian Discourse of Gender and Sanctuary Space
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:1st May '05
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Jorunn Okland provides an informed and illuminating examination of what Paul can tell us about divisions between sanctuary and other space, about men and women, and about ideas of private and public. Women in Their Place is an interdisciplinary, theoretically informed reading of Paul's utterances on women in 1 Corinthians 11-14 (the section of the letter dealing with ritual gatherings), in light of ancient gender models as expressed in temples, rituals, and literary texts. It examines 1 Corinthians 11-14 within a larger context of gender models and sanctuary spaces, establishing a distinction between private, public and sacred/sanctuary space and arguing that, in much of 1 Corinthians, Paul is concerned with the marking of firm boundaries around the sanctuary space established by rituals in the ekklesia, which would effectively engender church as male space. This is volume 269 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series.
Review ~ International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05
"This is a very important book that should have a significant impact on Pauline scholarship" Peter Oakes, SOTS Booklist 2007 -- Peter Oakes
'Women in Their Place is a much longer book, based on a doctoral thesis, and therefore a great deal more elaborate intellectually, inclined to leave no stone unturned, no avenue unexplored.' ~ Revd Leslie Houlden, Church Times, 14 July 2006 -- Leslie Houlden * Church Times *
"Økland offers an often refreshing and useful analysis of not only Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, but also a wider set of texts that reflect and construct an ancient discourse of gender and sanctuary space. Økland's book has much to recommend a careful reading...the study is strongly recommended for scholars in a wide range of fields (Pauline studies, feminist interpretation, and Roman era material culture, among others). Økland's work could prove to be foundational for a renewed engagement with these texts and ancient gender discourse broadly conceived. It marks a step forward in the effective integration of a variety of approaches and materials, while demonstrating the explanatory potential of just such an integration." - RBL, September 2005 * Review of Biblical Literature *
ISBN: 9780567084071
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 522g
240 pages