Martha from the margins : the authority of Martha in early Christian tradition
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Martha from the margins : the authority of Martha in early Christian tradition
(Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 98)
Brill, 2009
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-340) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the popular imagination Martha has become synonymous with the harried housewife, fretting over excessive preparations. The Martha known to early Christians is far removed from this stereotype. Martha was better known for her role in the story of the raising of Lazarus and as apostle and witness of the resurrection. This book gathers and assesses the early traditions about Martha in text, liturgy and iconography. It shows that the significance of Martha has been seriously underestimated and recovers an important and widespread tradition of Martha as apostle and authority figure for early Christians. The analysis of Martha traditions with attention to issues of gender and authority render this book an important contribution to studies on women in early Christianity.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Retrieving Martha from the Margins
2. A Second Peter? Martha in the Gospel of John
3. A different tomb, a different story: The Epistula Apostolorum
4. Apostola Apostolorum: Hippolytus on the Song of Songs
5. Singing a new song: Martha in liturgy and hymnody
6. Picturing the myrrhophore
7. Martha, diakonia and the Gospel of Luke
8. A Eucharistic ministry for Martha: The Apostolic Church Order and the Acts of Philip
9. Martha as authority figure for early Christian groups
10. Gathering the strands
Bibliography
Appendix
Indices
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