Discover the Role of Women in the Early Church
What did life look like for women in the early Christian world? How did Jesus interact with women? What role did women play in the first Christian communities?
Ridley’s newest unit, Women in the New Testament, explores these questions and more. This intensive will introduce you to significant female characters, stories about women, and teaching about women in the New Testament. Together we’ll examine cultural and historical backgrounds, survey Jesus’ interactions with women, and tackle some of the most debated texts about women’s roles in the home and the church.
NT204: Women in the New Testament Overview
with Lynn Cohick, Hannah Craven, and Scott Harrower
Topics include:
- Women in first-century Jewish & Greco-Roman worlds
- Women in the ministry of Jesus (with a focus on John and Luke-Acts)
- Paul’s co-workers in the earliest Christian communities
- Ephesus and the Artemis cult
- Teaching on women in Paul’s letters (including disputed texts)
- A biblical theology of men and women under God