<i>Diakonos </i>and <i>prostatis</i>: Women’s patronage in Early Christianity

In spite of numerous studies on the patronage system in Mediterranean antiquity, little attention has been paid to either how the patronage of women was part of the system or how it differed. In fact, there is substantial evidence for women’s exercise of both public and private patronage to women an...

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Main Author: Carolyn Osiek
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2005-10-01
Series:HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Online Access:https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/436