This course examines the place and role of women in Second Temple Judaism, comparing the gospels with the rabbinic literature and other sources.
For Christians interested in both the Jewish roots of their faith and the role of Jewish women in the time of Jesus and his apostles, the scholarship of the late Dr. Chana Safrai provides a welcome source of valuable insights, given her focus on the role of women in Judaism of the Second Temple era. Her fields of specialty included rabbinic literature, particularly regarding the status of women and gender, as well as literary, ideological, and historical connections between Jewish and Christian sacred texts.