Christian Women and the Time of the Apostolic Fathers

This volume considers issues surrounding Christian women in the period of the Apostolic Fathers, 80–160CE, in a period before a canon of Scripture existed or orthodoxy and heresy were defined and when women were to be found in a variety of roles in the churches.

The book recovers, from scattered and often minimal evidence, insights into Christian women’s lives in this formative period for the Christian church. Individual chapters deal with the politics of disorder in Corinth, Christian women in Rome and Christian women in Asia Minor.