Gender and Sex: Issues in the Ancient Church (HS 540)
(01/06/2020-03/13/2020)
Prerequisite Courses
Course Memo
This course examines early Christian attitudes toward gender and sexuality from the first to the fifth century, particularly through the lens of Christian virginity. It examines the Hebrew Scriptures (Tanakh), New Testament, and the Church Fathers. Consideration is given to the writings of modern scholarship. The attempt is made to discover if and how writings from the early church shaped modern Christian understandings of gender and sexuality.