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The literal sense.
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Literary form.
- Intended scope.
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Rationalizations.
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We must know what the human author wanted to say
before we can come to any conclusions as to what God is telling us.
In many texts we have to discern the teaching by
analysing the literary form the scriptural author is using..
We may not ascribe statements or assertions to a
biblical author which lie outside his intended scope.
We have to distinguish substantial statements by the
author from rationalizations and popular reasonings in which he expresses his
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To understand the Gospels correctly we need to know
the way in which the Gospels came about:
from Jesus teaching,
through oral catechesis and written records to the composition of the
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- Introduction to Gospel (name, date, inspiration, biographies, written copies,
apocrypha, translations)
- Jesus
Christ (prophetic teaching,
images, conflicts, rabbinical style)
- Oral
and written traditions (oral
traits, mnemonic devices,
memorising,
Pauls use of oral sources)
- Matthews Gospel (author, sources, structure, community, Jewish traits,
themes of authority,
Jesus words,
Messiah)
- Marks Gospel (author, structure, character, themes of Peter,
Gods household,
basic community)
- Luke Gospel (author, structure, character, hellenist milieu,
themes of joy,
salvation,
meal, business, Jerusalem, witness, women, Mary,
Luke's portrait of Mary,discipleship, womens ministry)
- Johns Gospel (in preparation)
- Interpretation (in preparation)
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Women in Old Testament
times 1000 BC - 30 AD
Men dominated in society and religion |
Male Domination:
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Read also:
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Regarding rabbinical teaching on women:
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Jesus Christ and women 28 -
30 AD

Jesus did not tackle male dominance directly. But he
established a new priesthood that includes a radical openness to women.
Women were present at the Last Supper
Read: Jesus from an Ecofeminist
Perspective, by Ivonne Gebara. |
Jesus Christ:
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On the Last Supper:
- Meals of the Community, by
Suzanne Tunc, from Des Femmes aussi Suivant Jésus, Paris 1998, pp
69-77
- Bible, liturgy concur: women were
there, by Marjorie Reiley Maguire in 'National Catholic
Reporter', June 5, 1998
- Do This in Memory of Me by
Irene McCormack in 'Compass Theology Review' 25 (1991) no 4, pp.
33-35
- The Women (and Mary?) at Luke's
Supper by Tony Cassidy CSSR Talk given to the Ecumenical Society of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. Canterbury, 29th October 2007
General:
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On appointing only men among the twelve apostles:
- The
Scriptural Argument in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, R. Bieringer,
Bijdragen 62 (2001) pp. 129 - 142;
- The twelve apostles
were men - -, I. Raming, Orientierung 56
(1992) pp. 143-146.
- Did
Christ conform to social myth?, J. Wijngaards, DCROWP 1986,
pp. 36-46.
- The Ministry of Women according to the New
Testament, E. M. Tetlow, WMNT 1980, ch. 3.
- The Role of Women According to Jesus and
the Early Church, R. J. Karris, WPFD 1978, pp.
47-57.
- The Biblical Evidence, Ch.
Evans, YWP 1978, pp. 16-29.
- Biblical Commission Report, Can Women
Be Priests?
- The Twelve, E. Schüssler
Fiorenza, WP 1977, pp. 114-121.
- Did Jesus Exclude Women from
Priesthood?, S. M. Schneiders, WP 1977,
pp.227-233.
- Pro and Con: The Ordination of Women in the
New Testament, R. H. Fuller, TNTO 1976, pp. 1-11.
- Christ, Revelation, and the Ordination of
Women, A. A. Vogel, TNTO 1976, pp. 42-51.
- The Authority of Scripture, P.
Lakeland, CWBP 1975, pp. 31-46.
- Women and Ministry, E. Carroll,
Theological Studies 36 (1975) pp. 660 - 687.
- Holy Scripture, H. van der Meer,
WPCC 1973, pp. 10-45.
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Women in the Early Apostolic
Church 30 - 80 AD
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Paul endorsed the fundamental equality in Christ of women and
men. Women took part in the Church's apostolate. Paul asked women to
wear a veil in the assembly to forestall cultural clashes.
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Readings:
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On Specific Pauline texts:
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Women among the disciples of the
Apostles 80 AD - 120 AD
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In a reaction against Gnostics, some local Church leaders
forbid women to speak in the assemblies.
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Read on women in the Early Christian Church:
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On Ephesians 'Bride and Bridegroom'
On Luke:
On John:
On Hebrews:
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