When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in

This landmark book reveals not only that women were priests, bishops and prophets in early Christianity, but also how and why they were suppressed. "Compelling, relevant reading".--Ms. magazine.

Author: Karen J. Torjesen
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 04/15/1995
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.30w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780060686611

About the Author
Torjesen, Karen J.: - Karen Jo Torjesen, Ph.D., is the Margo L. Goldsmith Chair of Women's Studies and Religion at Claremont Graduate School in California, and an associate of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. She is widely regarded as a leading authority on women in ancient Christianity.