Autor: Mary Ann Beavis

When Paul wrote First Thessalonians shortly after the recipients had accepted the Gospel, many significant issues had already arisen among them. Of great concern was the social complexity, and even p …

Hebrews seems like unpromising material for feminist interpretation, although it is the only New Testament writing for which female authorship has been seriously posited. Mary Ann Beavis and Hye Ran …

This book is a collaboration between a biblical scholar (Mary Ann Beavis) and a practical theologian (Hye Ran Kim-Cragg) who are concerned with the way that the Bible is portrayed and interpreted in …

Articles : 3 Editorial: Gospels Across Worlds 7 Mary Ann Beavis The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30): Imagining a Slave’s Perspective 22 Louise Gosbell The woman with the ‘flow of blood’ (Ma …

This monograph focuses on "Christian Goddess Spirituality" (CGS), the phenomenon of (mostly) women who combine Christianity and Goddess Spirituality, including Wicca/Witchcraft. Mary Ann Be …

This monograph focuses on "Christian Goddess Spirituality" (CGS), the phenomenon of (mostly) women who combine Christianity and Goddess Spirituality, including Wicca/Witchcraft. Mary Ann Be …

In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, Mary Ann Beavis examines cultural context and theological meaning in Mark. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian re …

This interdisciplinary volume of text and art offers new insights into various unsolved mysteries associated with Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of M …

Rabbinical literature forms the second canon of Judaism: Mishnah and Talmud, which were written in Palestine and Mesopotamia between 200 and 800 CE. The basis of these texts is the Hebrew Bible. Rabb …

Im ‘langen 19. Jahrhundert’ gab es nicht nur zahlreiche religiöse Neuaufbrüche von Frauen, sondern auch Bewegungen, in denen Frauen ihre Rechte als Bürgerinnen einforderten. Auch diese mussten sich m …

The slave Onesimus is the central figure in the letter to Philemon, but he remains silent throughout the discourse. Studies of the letter focus on whether or not Onesimus was a fugitive slave, and on …

2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in scripture: academic studies Teaching and researching the Gospel of John for thirty years has led author Mary L. Coloe to an awareness of the impor …

Philippians lends itself to a political-ideological reading. To take into account that the document is a writing from prison, and to read it from a political-religious and feminist perspective using …

Teaching and researching the Gospel of John for thirty years has led author Mary L. Coloe to an awareness of the importance of the wisdom literature to make sense of Johannine theology, language, and …

2023 Catholic Media Association Third Place Award, Scripture – Academic Studies The Acts of the Apostles, the earliest work of its kind to have survived from Christian antiquity, is not “history” in …

Biblical women are widely received in the Jewish tradition. This is first shown by individual female figures such as Sara, Eve, Ester, Judith and the ‘capable woman’ from the Book of Proverbs. Ester …

A collection of feminist interpretations of parables about women and women”s work. This volume not only fills a gap in the scholarly literature on parables, but brings to life vignettes from ancient …

Mark 4.11-12, the ‘parable theory’ passage, has probably been commented upon more often than any other section of Mark’s Gospel. The saying has usually been interpreted as an authentic utterance of J …

This interdisciplinary volume of text and art offers new insights into various unsolved mysteries associated with Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of M …