Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | Summer 2024
An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal exploring Bible interpretation, theology, church history, and other disciplines as they address a biblical view of women’s equality and justice in the home, church, and world.
"Priscilla and Aquila instructed Apollos more perfectly in the way of the Lord." (Acts 18:26)
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Summer 2024
Volume: 38 | Number: 3
Women at Work: Queens, Theologians, and Historians
Women have set great examples in the work place, competing in fields dominated by males—as poets, as royalty, as theologians and as church ministers.
Contents
The summer issue of Priscilla Papers illustrates that women, just as much as men, are capable of both industry and idleness. The women examined took their work seriously. Their diligent labor and the example they set as 'ants,' continue their impact down to the present day.
Susy Flory introduces Enheduanna (2334-2279 BC), a Mesopotamian princess now recognized as the earliest litterateur in human history.
Julie Walsh tracks women theologians across three centuries (16th through 18th) to showcase the various kinds of arguments they made for biblical egalitarianism.
Rudolf Gaisie compares the attributes of Proverbs’ Lady Wisdom with the defining virtues of the queen mother of the Akan people of Ghana.
Alison Gerber’s sermon profiles Martha, the sister of Mary and Lazarus, as a “minister” in her desire to serve Jesus.
Dezerai Seitzer studies gender-exclusive (male) language for God as an obstacle for women to engage in ministerial work.
Christy Mesaros-Winckles’s book, Silenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women, carefully charts the changes in the American religious landscape that led to the silencing of women in the Free Methodist Church in the United States.