Research Catalog

Title

Jesus was a feminist : what the Gospels reveal about his revolutionary perspective / Leonard J. Swidler.

Author

Swidler, Leonard J.

Publication

Lanham, MD : Sheed & Ward, c2007.

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Description

x, 277 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The result of four decades of research, Jesus was a Feminist compellingly presents the case that Jesus treated women equally with men, and that he boldly broke the customs of his day to involve them in his work. Renowned scholar and leader among liberal Catholics, Leonard Swidler examines all gospel texts involving women, asserts that women were involved in the writing of two of the gospels, and outlines the importance of women in Jesus' ministry and the creation and development of the early church. He shows how Jesus was a feminist and how modern Christians should be too."--Jacket.

Subject

• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Feminism > Christianity
• Jesus Christ
• Women > Christianity

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Yeshua and women : an overview. Prologue: Women in the ancient world ; Yeshua, a feminist, androgynous, an integrated human ; Women in Yeshua's language ; Women in Yeshua's teaching ; Women in the life of Yeshua -- pt. II. The Gospels critically analyzed. The attitude toward women reflected by the Gospel writers and their sources ; Conclusions -- pt. III. Early Christians' views of women. Summary analysis of the appendixes of the New Testament outside of the Gospels and early Church writings -- Appendix I. The New Testament other than the Gospels -- Appendix II. Ambivalent elements in Christian tradition -- Appendix III. Christian tradition's negative elements.

ISBN

• 9781580512183 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1580512186 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007014224

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library