Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-379) and indexes.
Women's lives in the ancient Mediterranean / Judith P. Hallett -- Jewish women and Christian origins : some caveats / Ross S. Kraemer -- Jewish women and women's Judaism(s) at the beginning of Christianity / Women's religions and religious lives in the Greco-Roman city / Lynn R. LiDonnici -- Reconstructing "real" women in Gospel literature : the case of Mary Magdalene / Mary Rose D'Angelo -- (Re)presentations of women in the Gospels : John and Mark / Women in the Q communit(ies) and traditions / Amy-Jill Levine -- (Re)presentations of women in the Gospel of Matthew and Luke-Acts / Reading real women through the undisputed letters of Paul / Margaret Y. MacDonald -- Paul on women and gender / Elizabeth A. Castelli -- Rereading Paul : early interpreters of Paul on women and gender / Women, gender, and gnosis in gnostic texts and traditions / Anne McGuire -- Women, ministry, and church order in early Christianity / Francine Cardman -- Women as sources of redemption and knowledge in early Christian traditions / Gail Corrington Streete