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A Feminist Companion to Mark is the second volume of a new series covering the texts and history of Christian origins.There are 11 essays including: Kathleen Corley: Slaves, Servants and Prostitues: Gender and Social Class in Mark; Wendy Cotter: MarkÆs Hero of the Twelfth Year Miracles: The Healing of the Woman with the Hemorrhage and the raising of JairusÆs Daughter (Mark 5.21-43); Joanna Dewey: ôLet Them Renounce Themselves and Take Up Their Crossö: A Feminist Reading of Mark 8.34 in MarkÆs Social and Narrative World; Hisako Kinukawa: Women Disciples of Jesus (15.40-41, 15.47, 16.1); Dennis MacDonald: Renowned Far and Wide: the Women who Annointed Odysseus and Jesus; Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: The Poor Widow in Mark and her Poor Rich Readers; Victoria Phillips: The Failure of the Women Who Followed Jesus in the Gospel of Mark; Ranjini Wickramaratne Rebera: The Syrophoenician Woman: A South Asian Feminist Perspective; Sharon H. Ringe: A Gentle WomanÆs Story, Revisited: Rereading Mark 7.24-31a; and Marianne Sawicki: Making Jesus; and an introduction by the editor.

Product details

Published 28 Apr 2025
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 264
ISBN 9789361312106
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic India
Dimensions 234 x 153 mm
Series Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd

About the contributors

Author

Amy-Jill Levine

Amy-Jill Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carp…

Anthology Editor

Amy-Jill Levine

Amy-Jill Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carp…

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