TY - BOOK AU - Vander Stichele, Caroline AU - Penner, Todd C TI - Contextualizing gender in early Christian discourse : : thinking beyond Thecla SN - 0567030369 (pbk.) AV - BS2361.3 .V36 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - T & T Clark KW - Bible. N.T KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Sex role KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Gender identity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - An introduction to feminist and gender-critical perspectives on the New Testament and other early Christian writings. Focuses on the Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline correspondence (with a particular emphasis on 1 Corinthians), and the Acts of Paul and Thecla ER -