TY - BOOK AU - Epp,Eldon Jay TI - Junia: the first woman apostle SN - 0800637712 (alk. paper) AV - BS2460.J88 E66 2005 U1 - 227/.1092 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Junia KW - Bible KW - Romans, XVI, 7 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-121) and indexes; Textual criticism and exegesis -- Variant readings in passages concerning gender issues -- The lexical form and introductory matters -- Junia in early Christian writers--and beyond -- The contracted-name theory -- Junia/Junias in current Greek New Testaments -- Junia/Junias in past editions of Nestle, Nestle-Aland, and UBS -- The accentuation of Iounian in reference works--and the attendant cultural bias -- Junia/Junias (Romans 16:7) in English -- Andronicus and Junia as "outstanding among the apostles" -- Conclusion: there was an apostle Junia UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020402.html ER -