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THE LOST APOSTLE THE LOST APOSTLE i Searching for the Truth About Junia Rena Pederson Copyright © 2006 by Rena Pederson.All rights reserved. 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BS2460.J88P43 2006 227’.1092—dc22 2006017998 Printed in the United States of America FIRSTEDITION HB Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 i c o n t e n t s Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Search Begins 1 1 Cherchez la Femme 7 2 Who Was in the Apostle Club? 27 3 Was the “Lady in Red”an Apostle? 47 4 What About Thecla? 61 5 A Woman of Her Times 77 6 What Was in Paul’s Letter? 111 7 How Did Junia Get Lost? 127 8 Which Bible Can You Believe? 153 9 The Saints We Left Behind 177 10 Finding Junia 203 Discussion Questions 219 Notes 227 Bibliography 257 The Author 263 Index 265 v To my parents,Rudy and Doris Pederson, who shared their faith with seven children. i i ac k n ow l e d g m e n t s Special thanks go to the scholars who so generously shared their time and expertise with me: Jean-Noel Alletti,dean of faculty,professor of New Testament exegesis, Pontifico Instituto Biblico,Rome,Italy John Barnett,associate professor of New Testament,St.Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary,Crestwood,New York Jouette Bassler,professor of New Testament,Southern Methodist University,Dallas,Texas Darrell Bock,research professor of New Testament studies,Dallas Theological Seminary,Dallas,Texas Bernadette Brooten,professor of Christian studies,Brandeis University, Boston,Massachusetts Thomas H.Carpenter,Charles J.Ping Professor of Humanities and professor of classics,Ohio University,Athens,Ohio Mary Rose D’Angelo,associate professor of theology,University of Notre Dame,Notre Dame,Indiana Bart Ehrman,chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,North Carolina vii : : acknowledgments Eldon J.Epp,Harkness Professor of Biblical Literature,emeritus,and dean of humanities and social science,emeritus,Case Western Reserve University,Cleveland,Ohio Dr.Kyriaki Karodoyanes Fitzgerald,Orthodox scholar and author, Sandwich,Massachusetts William Frank,director of the University of Dallas program in Rome, Italy Karen King,professor of ecclesiastical history,Harvard University, Cambridge,Massachusetts Cynthia Briggs Kittredge,assistant professor of New Testament, Episcopal Theology School of the Southwest,Austin,Texas Peter Lampe,professor of New Testament,University of Heidelberg, Germany Amy-Jill Levine,professor of New Testament studies,Vanderbilt University,Nashville,Tennessee John Anthony McGuckin,professor of early church history,Union Theological Seminary,New York,New York Wayne Meeks,Woolsey Professor of Biblical Studies,emeritus, Department of Religious Studies at Yale University,New Haven, Connecticut Carolyn Osiek,professor of New Testament at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University,Fort Worth,Texas Elaine Pagels,Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University,Princeton,New Jersey Paige Patterson,president,Southwestern Theological Seminary, Fort Worth,Texas Barbara Reid,professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago,Illinois Gail Thomas,founder,Dallas Institute of Humanities,Dallas,Texas Karen Jo Torjeson,dean of Claremont Graduate University’s School of Religion,Claremont,California David Dawson Vasquez,director of Rome programs for Catholic University of America and DePaul University viii
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