Women Remembered

Jesus' Female Disciples

Helen Bond, Joan Taylor

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781529372595
• eBook ISBN:
  9781529372618
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Christianity

Do you think that Jesus only surrounded himself with men? Think again. Inspired by their popular Channel 4 documentary Jesus' Female Disciples, historians Helen Bond and Joan Taylor explore the way in which Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary, Martha and a whole host of other women - named and unnamed - have been remembered by posterity, noting how many were silenced, tamed or slurred by innuendo - though occasionally they get to slay dragons. Women Remembered looks at the representation of these women in art, and the way they have been remembered in inscriptions and archaeology. And of course they dig into the biblical texts, exposing misogyny and offering alternative and unexpected ways of appreciating these women as disciples, apostles, teachers, messengers and church-founders. At a time when both the church and society more widely are still grappling with the full inclusion and equality of women, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the historical and cultural origins of Christianity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• About the Authors
• Title Page
• Imprint Page
• How to Use this eBook
• Dedication
• Contents
• Prologue - About the Authors, and a Documentary
• Introduction
• 1 Women in the World of Jesus
• 2 Salome and ‘Many Others’
• 3 Joanna (and Susanna)
• 4 Mary Magdalene
• 5 The Woman with the Flow of Blood and Other Healed Daughters
• 6 Martha and Mary
• 7 The Anointing Woman
• 8 Mary the Mother of Jesus
• 9 Tabitha
• 10 Prisca
• 11 Phoebe, Junia and the Women of the Roman Church
• Epilogue - Cerula of Naples
• Thanks
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Image Credits