Meet the women who followed Jesus even when the Twelve failed. To be a disciple is to follow Jesus. And that requires action. But in the Gospels, the disciples often falter. The Twelve even
The Christian Century
“Carey’s carefully researched and attractively written book is not just a collection of helpful information; it implicitly trains readers to see everything that is in scripture—and everyone.”
The Englewood Review of Books
“Against the male-centric view of Jesus’s disciples, Holly Carey’s Women Who Do positively emerges as a counterbalance to the understanding of discipleship. . . . Women Who Do offers an expansive view of women disciples in the gospel narratives and in the beginnings of post-resurrection ministry in Acts.”
“Contexts are crucial: the context of women’s world in the first century; the context of the distinctive narrative moves of Mark, Matthew, Luke-Acts, and John; and the context of Bible readers who are also members of Christian churches today. With scholarly, professorial, and pastoral attention to each of these contexts, Carey shows how these women take action as disciples of Jesus—as Women Who Do.”
—Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Virginia Tech
“If asked to name Jesus’s disciples, most of us would focus on the well-known men—Peter, James, John, and the rest. In this important, well-crafted study, Holly Carey fills out that picture by emphasizing Jesus’s overlooked female disciples while demonstrating how the women in Jesus’s life exemplified best the nature of faithful discipleship. If we want to talk about what it means to follow Jesus, we do well to take her advice: Follow the women!”
—Joel B. Green, Fuller Theological Seminary
“A well-written and carefully researched study, which portrays the remarkably positive role of female discipleship in the sociopolitical context of the ancient world where women had little power.”
—Dorothy A. Lee, University of Divinity, Melbourne
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Holly J. Carey is professor of biblical studies and chair of the Biblical Studies Department at Point University.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Female Discipleship in the Gospels
1. A Woman’s World in the First Century
2. Female Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark
3. Female Discipleship in the Gospel of Matthew
4. Female Discipleship in the Gospel of Luke
5. Female Discipleship in the Acts of the Apostles
6. Female Discipleship in the Gospel of John
Conclusion: Women in the Gospels as Models of Discipleship
Bibliography
Indexes
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