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Diakonos and prostatis: Women’s patronage in Early Christianity

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

DOI: 10.4102/hts.v61i1/2.436

Author: Carolyn Osiek

Institution: University of Pretoria

Language: English

Topic: Biblical Studies and Interpretation

Subfield: Religious studies

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $650

OpenAlex ID: W2154940822

FWCI: 29.86

Cites: 58

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10