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1 Sep 09

Another Round on the Dearth of Female Bibliobloggers?

April DeConick raises the perennial isssue of the dearth of female bloggers in biblical studies. Deirdre Good follows up. Some time ago (June 2007 – while I was still blogging at Blogger), I raised the issue and got some discussion going. On that old post (now transferred to my new web location), I also summarized [...]

16 Comments Posted in academia, biblioblogging, women by Patrick George McCullough
17 Jan 09

Paul's Mother Was a Roman Citizen

This is the suggestion of Lynn Cohick in a recent post on Zondervan’s blog Koinonia. I have not come to a conclusion myself regarding the citizenship of Paul. His citizenship plays a significant role in Acts, but is nowhere mentioned in Paul’s actual letters. Historically speaking, then, I think those who argue that Acts invented [...]

0 Comments Posted in Paul, Roman citizenship, social history, women by Patrick George McCullough
17 Oct 08

Translation Mischief with Junia, the Female Apostle

In order to share with you an observation I had in class yesterday, I have to share a little background about a certain woman who Paul praises in his letter to the Roman church. In Romans 16:7, amidst his chapter of greetings to specific people in the Roman church, Paul mentions “Junia” who he says [...]

7 Comments Posted in Paul, androcentrism, complementarianism, egalitarianism, feminism, gender, junia, junias, patriarchalism, romans, sexism, translation, women by Patrick George McCullough