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.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Introduction / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Introduction to Part One / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- The Pythagorean Letter Collection / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Female Pythagorean Teachers / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Teaching Strategies / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Topics for Women / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- The Good Woman Topos / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Introduction to Part Two / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- The Pastorals Letter Collection / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Teachers and Learners / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Teachings Strategies / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Topics for Women / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Conclusion / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Appendixes / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Bibliography / Annette Bourland Huizenga -- Indexes / Annette Bourland Huizenga.