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

<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
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spelling doaj-b3d1d6b1840f413c8bfc1b9adf8ff9132020-11-24T22:43:12ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 0259-94222072-80502005-10-01611/234737010.4102/hts.v61i1/2.436315<i>Diakonos </i>and <i>prostatis</i>: Women’s patronage in Early ChristianityCarolyn Osiek0University of PretoriaIn 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 and men in the Greco-Roman world, by both elites and sub-elites. This information must then be applied to early Christian texts to infer how women’s patronage functioned in early house churches and Christian life.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/436
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title <i>Diakonos </i>and <i>prostatis</i>: Women’s patronage in Early Christianity
title_short <i>Diakonos </i>and <i>prostatis</i>: Women’s patronage in Early Christianity
title_full <i>Diakonos </i>and <i>prostatis</i>: Women’s patronage in Early Christianity
title_fullStr <i>Diakonos </i>and <i>prostatis</i>: Women’s patronage in Early Christianity
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title_sort <i>diakonos </i>and <i>prostatis</i>: women’s patronage in early christianity
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description 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 and men in the Greco-Roman world, by both elites and sub-elites. This information must then be applied to early Christian texts to infer how women’s patronage functioned in early house churches and Christian life.
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