The Lost Coin: Parables of Women, Work, and Wisdom

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A collection of feminist interpretations of parables about women and women's work. The authors, who include Pheme Perkins, Barbara Reid and Adele Reinhartz, aim to fill a gap in the scholarly literature on parables, bringing to life vignettes from ancient Mediterranean women's lives and offering insights into the place of women in the ministry of Jesus, the early church, and Christian theology. This volume is designed as a resource for scholarship, teaching and preaching.

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"An indispensable collection both for feminist methodologies and for filling the exegetical lacuna about the lives of women in the ancient Mediterranean world generally and the Jesus movement in particular." -Religious Studies Review, 01/04 * Religious Studies Review *

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Mary Ann Beavis is Professor of Religion and Culture at St. Thomas More College, Canada.