Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Roman Women in the Pauline Communities
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Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Roman Women in the Pauline Communities  -     By: Bruce Winter

Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Roman Women in the Pauline Communities

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 2003 / Paperback

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The first century A.D. saw the rise of a "new" kind of Roman woman whose provocative dress and decorum departed radically from the image of modesty that epitomized the traditional wife or widow. In this fascinating book Bruce Winter explores for the first time the impact of the new women on Christian wives and widows living in the early Pauline communities. Using his extensive knowledge both of the Graeco-Roman world and of Paul's writings, Winter shows how changing social mores among women - changes that even drew sharp responses from Roman legislators and teachers - help to explain controversial texts in the New Testament, such as Paul's discussion of marriage veils in 1 Corinthians, his instructions in 1 Timothy regarding dress code and the activities of young widows, and his call in Titus for older women to instruct new wives. Based on close investigtion of Graeco-Roman society, Roman Wives, Roman Widows makes groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of first-century life and the social background of the Bible.

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Title: Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Roman Women in the Pauline Communities
By: Bruce Winter
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 232
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 2003
Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 0802849717
ISBN-13: 9780802849717
Stock No: WW849717

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In Roman law you were what you wore. This legal principle became highly significant because, beginning in the first century A.D., a "new" kind of woman emerged across the Roman empire - a woman whose provocative dress and sometimes promiscuous lifestyle contrasted starkly with the decorum of the traditional married woman. What a woman chose to wear came to identify her as either "new" or "modest." Augustus legislated against the "new" woman. Philosophical schools encouraged their followers to avoid embracing her way of life. And, as this fascinating book demonstrates for the first time, the presence of the "new" woman was also felt in the early church, where Christian wives and widows were exhorted to emulate neither her dress code nor her conduct. Using his extensive knowledge both of the Graeco-Roman world and of the New Testament writings, Bruce Winter shows how changing social mores among women impacted the Pauline communities. This helps to explain the controversial texts on marriage veils in 1 Corinthians, instructions in 1 Timothy regarding dress code and the activities of young widows, and exhortations in Titus for older women to call new wives "back to their senses" regarding their marriage and family responsibilities. Based on a close investigation of neglected literary and archaeological evidence, Roman Wives, Roman Widows makes groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of first-century women, including their participation in public life as lawyers, magistrates, and political figures, which in turn affected women's ministry in the Pauline communities.

Author Bio

Bruce W. Winter is the former warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge, and a respected authority on the historical background to the New Testament.

Editorial Reviews

Beryl Rawson
"Bruce Winter draws on a wide range of classical and Christian sources to illuminate both Roman society and early Christian society. Placing New Testament texts in the wider social and cultural setting of the Mediterranean in early imperial Roman times, he makes a highly readable contribution to recent scholarship that is bringing about closer integration of Roman and early Christian studies, to the benefit of both. "

Themelios
"This is a fresh and in many ways persuasive study, which should be consulted when studying the background of the NT, in the discussion of the role of women in earliest Christianity and in the exegesis of the passages discussed."

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