Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza 
Ephesians [EPUB ebook] 

Ephesians is a “mystery” text that seeks to make known the multifarious Wisdom of G*d. At its heart is the question of power. In this commentary, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza examines the political understandings of
ekkl­esia and household in Ephesians as well as the roles that such understandings have played in the formation of early Christian communities and that still shape such communities today. By paying close attention to the function of androcentric biblical language within Ephesians, Schüssler Fiorenza engages in a critical feminist emancipatory approach to biblical interpretation that calls for conscientization and change, that is, for the sake of wo/men’s salvation or wellbeing.

Table of Content

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Foreword:
“Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom”

     Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:
“She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25)

     Barbara E. Reid, OP

Map of Asia Minor

Author’s Introduction

Ephesians 1:1–2:22
G*d’s Great Love: Cosmos and EkklΣsia

Ephesians 3:1-21
The Mystery Made Known to Paul

Ephesians 4:1–5:14
The Way to Walk

Ephesians 5:15–6:24
The EkklΣsia
of the Wise

Works Cited

Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings

Index of Subjects

 

About the author

Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the president of Catholic Theological Union and the first woman to hold the position. She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a Ph D in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was also president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015.