Finding a Woman's Place: Essays in Honor of Carolyn Osiek, R.s.c.j.

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Table of Contents: A Remembrance -- List of Contributors -- Carolyn Osiek, R. S. C. J.: A Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / David Balch, Jason T. Lamoreaux -- The River of Life / Sharon Karam, R. S. C. J. -- Part 1. Visual and Oral Documents -- 1. Values of Roman Women Including Priests Visually Represented in Pompeii and Herculaneum / David Balch -- 2. The Art of Translating for Oral Performance / David Rhoads -- Part 1. Synoptic Documents and Acts -- 3. God as Father in Matthew: Imperial Intersections / Warren Carter -- 4. A Man's Place in Matthew 19:3-15: Creation and Kingdom as Transformative Space of Identity / Halvor Moxnes -- 5. This Widow Keeps Bothering Me (Luke 18:5) / Amy-Jill Levine -- 6. Symposiac Humor in Luke 14:1-24 / Terri Bednarz, R. S. M. -- 7. The Women Householders of Acts in Light of Recent Research on Families / Margaret Y. MacDonald -- Part 3. Johannine Documents -- 8. Birthed from the Side of Jesus (John 19:34) / Barbara Reid, O. P. -- 9. History and Theology in the Johannine Presentation of the Causes for the Death of Jesus: John 11:45-53 as Convergence Point / Donald Senior -- 10. Til Death Do Us Part: Uniting Social-Scientific and Narrative Criticism in Johannine Exegesis / Jason L. Merritt -- Part 4. Pauline Documents -- 11. Seen but Not Heard: Women Prophets in Caesarea / Laurie Brink, O. P. -- 12. Two Visions of the Lord: A Comparison of Paul's Revelation to his Opponents' Revelation in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 / Jeremy W. Barrier -- Part 5. Early Church Documents -- 13. Tertullian's Reception of Paul's Instructions about Women / Adela Yarbro Collins -- 14. Women's Ordination in Hippolytus' Commentary On the Song of Songs and the Question of Provenance / Yancy W. Smith -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors. Contributor Bio:  Balch, David L David L. Balch is Professor of New Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including "Families in the New Testament World: Households and House Churches"; "Early Christian Families in Context"; and "Homosexuality, Science, and the "Plain Sense" of Scripture". Contributor Bio:  Balch, David David L. Balch is professor of New Testament at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Contributor Bio:  Brink, Laurie Brink is on the religious studies faculty at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois. She works in Caesarea Maritima, Israel, doing field archaeology during the summers.