Jesus Was a Feminist: What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective

Based on four decades of research, Jesus Was a Feminist presents the case that Jesus treated women equally with men, breaking custom to involve them in his work. Renowned scholar & liberal Catholic Leonard Swidler examines all gospel texts involving women, asserts that women were involved in the writing of two gospels, & outlines the importance of women in Jesus' ministry & the creation & development of the early church. He shows how Jesus was a feminist & why modern Christians should be too. I Yeshua & women: an overview Prologue: Women in the ancient world Yeshua, a feminist, androgynous, an integrated human Women in Yeshua's language Women in Yeshua's teaching Women in the life of Yeshua II The Gospels critically analyzed The attitude toward women reflected by the Gospel writers & their sources Conclusions III Early Christians' views of women Summary analysis of the appendixes of the New Testament outside of the Gospels & early Church writings Appendix I The New Testament other than the Gospels Appendix II Ambivalent elements in Christian tradition Appendix III Christian tradition's negative elements