Jesus summons no women to follow him and grants no women leadership roles, yet his movement is supported by women. How does his program fit within first-century Jewish views of sexuality and gender, and what might his followers to today with his difficult teachings?
About Amy-Jill Levine
Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt (Divinity and A&S); she is also Affiliated Professor, Woolf Institute: Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge.