Moral Education for Women in the Pastoral and Pythagorean Letters

Philosophers of the Household
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24499-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 147, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1800 g

Reihe: Novum Testamentum, Supplements

In Moral Education for Women in the Pastoral and Pythagorean Letters: Philosophers of the Household, Annette Bourland Huizenga examines the Greco-Roman moral-philosophical “curriculum” for women by comparing these two pseudepigraphic epistolary collections. The analysis is organized around four elements: textual resources, teachers and learners, instructional strategies, and subject matter. Huizenga shows that the author of the Pastorals has adopted nearly all of the “pagan” aspects of this curriculum, but has supplemented these with theological justifications drawn from Pauline literature and traditions.

The letters attributed to female Pythagoreans have long been suggested as comparanda for the Pastorals, but are not well-known as sources. This volume provides a Greek edition, a new English translation, and a text history of these letters.

Zielgruppe

Those studying gender ideology in the New Testament and other early Christian literature, and those interested in the roles of women in ancient philosophical texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huizenga, Annette

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part one: The Pythagorean Women’s Letters
1. The Pythagorean Letter Collection
2. Female Pythagorean Teachers
3. Teaching Strategies
4. Topics for Women
Conclusion to Part one: The Good Woman topos
Part two: The Pastoral Letters
5. The Pastoral Letter Collection
6. Teachers and Learners in the Pastorals
7. Teaching Strategies
8. Topics for Women
Conclusion
Appendix A: Greek Text of Pythagorean Letters
Appendix B: Translated Selections from the Pastorals
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Huizenga, Annette
Annette Bourland Huizenga, Ph.D. (2010), University of Chicago Divinity School, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.

Annette Bourland Huizenga, Ph.D. (2010), University of Chicago Divinity School, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.