Moral education for women in the pastoral and Pythagorean letters : philosophers of the household / / by Annette Bourland Huizenga.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, vol. 147
• Author: Huizenga, Annette Bourland.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; vol. 147.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (445 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front Matter /; Introduction /; Introduction to Part One /; The Pythagorean Letter Collection /; Female Pythagorean Teachers /; Teaching Strategies /; Topics for Women /; The Good Woman Topos /; Introduction to Part Two /; The Pastorals Letter Collection /; Teachers and Learners /; Teachings Strategies /; Conclusion /; Appendixes /; Bibliography /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004245189
• ISSN: 0167-9732
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Annette Bourland Huizenga.

In Moral Education for Women in the Pastoral and Pythagorean Letters: Philosophers of the Household , Annette Bourland Huizenga examines the Greco-Roman moral-philosophical “curriculum” for women by comparing these two pseudepigraphic epistolary collections. The analysis is organized around four elements: textual resources, teachers and learners, instructional strategies, and subject matter. Huizenga shows that the author of the Pastorals has adopted nearly all of the “pagan” aspects of this curriculum, but has supplemented these with theological justifications drawn from Pauline literature and traditions. The letters attributed to female Pythagoreans have long been suggested as comparanda for the Pastorals, but are not well-known as sources. This volume provides a Greek edition, a new English translation, and a text history of these letters.