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Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | Summer 2022

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)

Academic Journals

The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of CBE International or its members.

Summer 2022

Volume: 36 | Number: 3

Summer 2022

This issue of Priscilla Papers brings together authors from Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United States who delve into church history, theology, psychology, and Bible translation.

Contents

Editor's Reflection: Summer 2022
By: Jeff Miller | August 9, 2022
Many of the conference speakers have written for Priscilla Papers, and I’ve decided to provide a bibliography of these articles. The list below is select, rather than complete.

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Remembering Sarah Jane Lancaster  without Forgetting Winifred Kiek:  Just Who Was the First Female Minister in Australia?
By: Jim Reiher | August 9, 2022
Sarah Jane Lancaster and Winifred Kiek were ministers and trailblazers in Australia in the early twentieth century.

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Subordinating Jesus and Women (and How Influential Evangelical Teachers Led Us Astray)
By: Terran Williams | August 9, 2022
A theologically insightful chronological overview of how historic hierarchism has been replaced by both revised hierarchism and evangelical egalitarianism.

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The Father and the Feminine: Assessing the Grammar of  Gender-Inclusive God Language
By: Spencer Miles Boersma | August 9, 2022
Feminine language is in the Bible and has been used in Christian worship, which implies that any male-exclusivist position is not an authentically conservative one.

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Buried Talents: Overcoming Gendered Socialization to Answer God’s Call
By: Susan Mahaffey | August 9, 2022
Psychologist Susan Harris Howell provides a hopeful strategy for unlearning the conclusions we have drawn about what it means to be human and holding fast to the truth that humanity was created “in the image of God . . . male and female.”

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The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, NRSVue (National Council of Churches, 2021)
By: Jeff Miller | August 9, 2022
The New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition (NRSVue) improves the gender language and the translation of some passages, as compared to the ground-breaking 1989 NRSV.

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