Junia: The First Woman Apostle Epp Eldon JayPaperback
Junia: The First Woman Apostle Epp Eldon JayPaperback The name "Junia" appears in Romans 16:7, and Paul identifies her (along with Andronicus) as "prominent among the apostles." In this important…
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Junia: The First Woman Apostle Epp Eldon JayPaperback
The name "Junia" appears in Romans 16:7, and Paul identifies her (along with Andronicus) as "prominent among the apostles." In this important work, Epp investigates the mysterious disappearance of Junia from the traditions of the church. Despite the fact that the earliest churches met in homes and that other women were clearly leaders in the churches (e.g., Prisca and Lydia), calling Junia an apostle seemed too much for the tradition. Because later theologians and scribes could not believe (or wanted to suppress) that Paul had numbered a woman among the earliest churches' apostles, Junia's name was changed in Romans to a masculine form.
In this thoroughgoing study, Epp restores Junia to her rightful Epp tracks how this happened in New Testament manuscripts, scribal traditions, and translations of the Bible.