Women among the disciples of the Apostles

80 AD – 120 AD

 In a reaction against Gnostics, some local Church leaders forbid women to speak in the assemblies.

• 1 Timothy 2,11-15
• 1 Corinthians 14,34-35

 Read on women in the Early Christian Church:

• “Women Leaders in the
  New Testament” by J. Massyngberde Ford in ‘Women Priests: A Catholic
  Commentary on the Vatican Declaration‘
• “The Apostleship of Women
  in Early Christianity” by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza in ‘Women
  Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration‘
• “Junia Outstanding
  among the Apostles” (Romans 16:7) by Bernadette Brooten in ‘Women
  Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration‘
• “Women and the Apostolic
  Community” by Madeleine I. Boucher in ‘Women Priests: A Catholic
  Commentary on the Vatican Declaration‘
• “Peter’s Pentecost
  Sermon: A Limitation on Who May Minister. . . ?” by Pheme Perkins in
  ‘Women Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration‘
• “The Ministry of Women in
  the Apostolic Generation” by Adela Yarbro Collins in ‘Women Priests: A
  Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration‘
• “Changing Forms of ministry
  in the Early Church” by Hamilton Hess in ‘Sexism & Church Law: Equal
  Rights and Affirmative Action‘
• “Trajectories beyond the New
  Testament Era” by Ben Witherington in ‘Women in the Earliest
  Churches‘
• “Episkopê and
  Episkopos: the New Testament Evidence” by Raymond Brown in
  ‘Theological Studies‘ 41 (1980) pp. 322-338

 On Ephesians ‘Bride and Bridegroom’

• Omnis Analogia Claudet by Dorothy Irvin in ‘Women Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration’
• Bridegroom: A Biblical Symbol of Union, Not Separation by Carroll Stulhmueller in ‘Women Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration’

On Luke:

• “Women and the Third Evangelist” by Ben Witherington in ‘Women in the Earliest Churches‘

On John:

• “Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel” by Raymond Brown in ‘Theological Studies‘ 36 (1975) pp. 688-699

On Hebrews:

• The Book of the Hebrews Revisited: Implications of the Theology of Hebrews for Gender Equality by Ruth Hoppin