When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in

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HarperCollins, 15 Apr 1995 - Religion - 288 pages
This landmark book reveals not only that women were priests, bishops, and prophets in early Christianity, but also how and why they were then suppressed.

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About the author (1995)

Karen Jo Torjesen, Ph.D., is the Margo L. Goldsmith Chair of Women's Studies and Religion at Claremont Graduate School in California, and an associate of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. She is widely regarded as a leading authority on women in ancient Christianity.

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TitleWhen Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in
G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
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When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity, Karen Jo Torjesen
Women's Leadership in the Earl
Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Th
AuthorKaren J. Torjesen
Editionillustrated, reprint, reissue
PublisherHarperCollins, 1995
ISBN0060686618, 9780060686611
Length288 pages
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