Contributors Frederick D. Aquino Allen Black Mark C. Black Barry L. Blackburn Randall D. Chesnutt Jeffrey W. Childers Larry Chouinard Everett Ferguson Thomas C. Greer Jr. Jan Faver Hailey Stanley N. Helton A. Brian McLemore Marcia D. Moore Kenneth V. Neller L. Curt Niccum Carroll D. Osburn J. Paul Pollard Kathy J. Pulley Gregory E. Sterling James W. Thompson James Walters John Willis ""This is the most balanced and enlightening collection of essays on women in early Christianity that I have seen. . . . Hermeneutical questions are raised that will stimulate discussion and will provide insight to anyone dealing with the role of women in the Church."" -- Klyne Snodgrass North Park Theological Seminary ""These wide-ranging essays mark an important contribution to a most significant issue in the contemporary church. Not all will agree with every opinion offered, but all can profit from a careful reading of this . . . thoughtful and probing book."" -- E. Earle Ellis Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ""The contributions to this volume are thorough, well written, carefully researched. . . . Some of them may even be considered definitive. A volume of this magnitude will be received with gratitude by all who are engaged in the study of this agonizingly important issue."" -- John McRay The Graduate School, Wheaton College ""This . . . is 'required reading' for those who wish to have a theology informed more by Scripture than by tradition. . . . dialogue with its contents will make the church better equipped to face its mission in the 21st century."" -- Richard Oster Graduate School of Religion, Harding University Carroll Osburn is the retired Carmichael-Walling Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Abilene Christian University, where he taught at the College of Biblical Studies for seventeen years.