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No child of this century, women’s liberation existed as a Christian movement in the 2nd century. In this first study of the social context that produced the Apocryphal Acts, Stevan L. Davies contends that women wrote the Acts and that the “Acts appear to have been a striving by Christian women for both a mode of self-expression and a way to preach rebellion for the sake of sexual continence.” These early rebels—called widows because they left their husbands for the church—refused absolute subservience to the male hierarchy of the church.

The three parts of Davies’s study include an investigation of the magical world view of late 2nd-century Christendom; a close look at the people the Acts describe as new Christian converts; and a summary and analysis of the nature of the authors of the Acts. These women, like their sisters today, were seeking equal standing with men in the Christian church.

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Stevan L. Davies is in the Department of Religious Studies at College Misericordia, Dallas, Pennsylvania.

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Hardcover: 152 pages
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (September 30, 1980)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0809309580
ISBN-13: 978-0809309580
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,026,666 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction to the Social World of the Apocryphal Acts, April 9, 2007

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I highly recommend Prof. Davies' The Revolt of the Widows, as well as his other fine books, all of which will reward careful study. While not as funny as some of his earlier work, these texts are thoughtful and well-researched. Sadly, his classic, "The Intercollegiate Jesus Review," is long out of print.

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