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- catalog abstract "This is a study of how women figured in public reaction to the church from New Testament times to Christianity's encounter with the pagan critics of the second century CE. The reference to a hysterical woman was made by the most prolific critic of Christianity, Celsus, and he meant a follower of Jesus, probably Mary Magdalene, who was at the centre of efforts to create and promote belief in the resurrection. MacDonald draws attention to the conviction, emerging from the works of several pagan authors, that female initiative was central to Christianity's development; she sets out to explore the relationship between this and the common Greco-Roman belief that women were inclined towards excesses in matters of religion. The findings of cultural anthropologists of Mediterranean societies are examined in an effort to probe the societal values that shaped public opinion and early church teaching. Concerns expressed in New Testament and early Christian texts about the respectability of women, and even generally about their behaviour, are seen in a new light when one appreciates that outsiders focused on early church women and understood their activities as a reflection of the nature of the group as a whole.".
- catalog contributor b9663096.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index.".
- catalog description "This is a study of how women figured in public reaction to the church from New Testament times to Christianity's encounter with the pagan critics of the second century CE. The reference to a hysterical woman was made by the most prolific critic of Christianity, Celsus, and he meant a follower of Jesus, probably Mary Magdalene, who was at the centre of efforts to create and promote belief in the resurrection. MacDonald draws attention to the conviction, emerging from the works of several pagan authors, that female initiative was central to Christianity's development; she sets out to explore the relationship between this and the common Greco-Roman belief that women were inclined towards excesses in matters of religion. The findings of cultural anthropologists of Mediterranean societies are examined in an effort to probe the societal values that shaped public opinion and early church teaching. Concerns expressed in New Testament and early Christian texts about the respectability of women, and even generally about their behaviour, are seen in a new light when one appreciates that outsiders focused on early church women and understood their activities as a reflection of the nature of the group as a whole.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Pagan reaction to early Christian women in the second century CE -- pt. 2. Celibacy, women, and early church responses to public opinion -- pt. 3. Marriage, women, and early church responses to public opinion.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 276 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521561744 (hc)".
- catalog identifier "0521567289 (pb)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "270.1/082 20".
- catalog subject "BR195.W6 M23 1996".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Greek.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Roman.".
- catalog subject "Church history Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Women in Christianity History Early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog subject "Women in Christianity History Early church, ca. 30-600.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Pagan reaction to early Christian women in the second century CE -- pt. 2. Celibacy, women, and early church responses to public opinion -- pt. 3. Marriage, women, and early church responses to public opinion.".
- catalog title "Early Christian women and pagan opinion : the power of the hysterical woman / Margaret Y. MacDonald.".
- catalog type "text".