Martha from the Margins

The Authority of Martha in Early Christian Tradition
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17490-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 98, 369 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 761 g

Reihe: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ernst, Allie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Allie Ernst, Ph.D. (2007) in Studies in Religion, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, currently teaches at the Institute of Faith Education in Brisbane. She has previously published work on Martha traditions in early Christianity.