Eldon Jay Epp
Autor(a) de Studies in the Theory and Method of New Testament Textual Criticism
About the Author
Eldon Jay Epp is Harkness Professor of Biblical Literature emeritus and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences emeritus at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio), recently Visiting Professor of New Testament at Harvard Divinity School (2002-2003 and 2004-2005), and President of the mostrar mais Society of Biblical Literature (2003) mostrar menos
Obras de Eldon Jay Epp
New Testament textual criticism : its significance for exegesis : essays in honour of Bruce M. Metzger (1981) 17 cópias
Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism: Collected Essays, 1962-2004 (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) (2005) 11 cópias
The New Gospel Fragment from Oxyrhynchus 1 exemplar(es)
Critical Review of Books in Religion - 1988 1 exemplar(es)
Ancient texts and versions of the New Testament in the New Interpreter's Bible v8 (MT - MK) pp 01-11. 1 exemplar(es)
Critical Review of Books in Religion - 1989 1 exemplar(es)
The Codex and Literacy in early Christianity at Oxyrhynchus: Issues Raised by Harry Y. Gamble's Books and Readers in… 1 exemplar(es)
Critical Review of Books in Religion: Vol. 6, 1993 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Acts of the Apostles (Hermeneia: A Critical & Historical Commentary on the Bible) (1963) — Editor — 107 cópias
Israel's God and Rebecca's Children: Christology and Community in Early Judaism and Christianity (2007) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
New Testament Manuscripts: Their Texts And Their World (Texts and Editions for New Testament Study, V. 2) (2006) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1930-11-01
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Mountain Lake, Minnesota, USA
- Locais de residência
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- Educação
- Wheaton College (AB|1952)
Fuller Theological Seminary (BD|1955)
Harvard University (STM|1956)
Harvard University (PhD|1961) - Relacionamentos
- scholar of New Testament textual criticism
- Organizações
- Princeton Theological Seminary
Society of Biblical Literature
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
Catholic Biblical Association
American Academy of Religion
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Romans 16:7 lists several people as apostles who are known to Paul. One of these is a person whose name is given in Greek as ΙΟΥΝΙΑΝ -- an accusative construct that, in the nominative (in Latin, since it's a Latin name), would be either IUNIA ("Junia," in English -- a feminine name) or IUNIAS ("Junias," masculine). The only way to tell which it is is by the way the word is accented -- and accents were not marked in early Greek manuscripts. In other words, there is no way, based on our earliest evidence about what Paul dictated, to know whether "Junia" or "Junias" was meant.
In recent centuries, many, thinking that an apostle could not be female, have declared that the name must be "Junias."
Against this sexist view Eldon Jay Epp takes strong exception. It takes him eighty pages to make his argument, but we can boil it down under a few header:
- The feminine name "Junia" is well-known; no one named "Junias" has ever been shown to exist (and the Romans were not the sort to invent a name)
- That the later manuscripts that mark accents without exception accent the name as "Junia"
- That such early authors are refer to this person refer to her as female
The conclusion is clear: "There Was an Apostle Junia."
Even though people continue to argue against this (Epp has a list of commentators and editions and translations that insist upon "Junias"), I don't think there can be any possible doubt. Paul was no feminist, but the early Christian church certainly made room for women -- more room than Greek or Roman society or religion. It only stands to reason that there would be female apostles. And Paul named one for us. With that, I've summed up the entire content of this book. But if you need any additional evidence to deal with the sexists out there, this book will give you all the evidence you want, and then some. I don't think this book was really necessary, but it's certainly hard to argue with.… (mais)