Carolyn Osiek Bibliography

Charles Fischer Catholic Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School

 

Books

Osiek, Carolyn, Margaret Y. MacDonald, and Janet H. Tulloch. A Woman's Place: House Churches in Earliest Christianity. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2006.

Osiek, Carolyn. Philippians, Philemon. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000.

———. Shepherd of Hermas : A Commentary. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999.

Osiek, Carolyn, and David L. Balch. Families in the New Testament World : Households and House Churches. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.

Osiek, Carolyn, and Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier. Lesser Festivals 4 : Saints' Days and Special Occasions. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987.

Osiek, Carolyn. Beyond Anger : On Being a Feminist in the Church. New York: Paulist Press, 1986.

———. What Are They Saying About the Social Setting of the New Testament? New York: Paulist Press, 1984.

———. Rich and Poor in the Shepherd of Hermas : An Exegetical-Social Investigation. Washington: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1983.

———. 1 Corinthians. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1980.

———. Galatians. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1980.

 

Edited books

Osiek, Carolyn, and Kevin Madigan, eds. Ordained Women in the Early Church: A Documentary History. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Osiek, Carolyn, and David L. Balch, eds. Early Christian Families in Context : An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2003.

Osiek, Carolyn, et al., eds. Silent Voices, Sacred Lives: Women's Readings for the Liturgical Year. New York: Paulist Press, 1992.

Osiek, Carolyn, and Donald Senior, eds. Scripture and Prayer : A Celebration for Carroll Stuhlmueller. Wilmington, Del.: M. Glazier, 1988.

 

Articles and essays

Osiek, Carolyn. "Catholic or catholic: Biblical Scholarship at the Center." Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (2006): 5-22.

______. "The Self-Defining Praxis of the Developing Ecclesia." In Cambridge History of Christianity 1: Origins to Constantine, edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young, 274-292. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

______. "Paul and His Writings; Reading Guides to Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon." In The Catholic Study Bible, 2nd ed., edited by Donald Senior, 439-495. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

______. "Catholic or catholic? Biblical Scholarship at the Service of the Church." Heart 3:1 (Spring, 2005): 19-22.

______. "Who Did What in the Church of the New Testament?" In Lay Ministry in the Catholic Church, edited by Richard W. Miller, 1-12. Liguori, 2005.  

______. "The Study of Women in the Early Church." The Bible Today 43:5 (2005): 277-82. 

______. "Diakonos and Prostatis: Women’s Patronage in Early Christianity," Hervormde Teologiese Studies 61:1-2 (2005): 347-70.

______. "Family Matters." In Christian Origins, edited by Richard A. Horsley, 201-220. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005. 

______. "Romans 'Down the Pike': Glimpses from Later Years." In Celebrating Romans: Template for Pauline Theology: Essays in Honor of Robert Jewett, edited by Sheila E. McGinn, 149-161. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

______. "Who Submits to Whom? Submission and Mutuality in the Family." In Mutuality Matters: Family, Faith, Just Love, edited by Herbert Anderson, et al., 57-64. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004.

______. "The New Testament Letter as Mass Communication" The Bible Today 42:1 (2004): 5-11. 

______. "Did Early Christians Teach, or Merely Assume, Male Headship?" In Does Christianity Teach Male Headship?, edited by David Blankenhorn, Don Browning, and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, 23-27. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004. 

______. "Pietas In and Out of the Frying Pan." Biblical Interpretation 11:2 (2003): 166-72. 

______. "Second Corinthians" In The New Interpreter’s Study Bible, edited by Walter J. Harrelson, 2061-2077. Nashville: Abingdon, 2003.

______. "Perpetua’s Husband." Journal of Early Christian Studies 10 (2002): 287-290.

______. "Archaeological and Architectural Issues and the Question of Demographic and Urban Forms." In Handbook of Early Christianity: Social Science Approaches, edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Jean Duhaime, and Paul-André Turcotte, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2002.

———. "The Bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:22-33): A Problematic Wedding." Biblical Theology Bulletin 32, no. 1 (2002): 29-39.

———. "The Oral World of Early Christianity in Rome : The Case of Hermas." In Judaism and Christianity in First-Century Rome, edited by Karl P. Donfried and Peter Richardson, 151-172. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

———. "Women in House Churches." In Common Life in the Early Church: Essays Honoring Graydon F. Snyder, edited by Julian V. Hills, 300-315. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1998.

———. "The Feminist and the Bible : Hermeneutical Alternatives." Hervormde Teologiese Studies 53 (1997): 956-968.

———. "Jesus and Cultural Values : Family Life as an Example." Hervormde Teologiese Studies 53 (1997): 800-814.

———. "The Shepherd of Hermas in Context." Acta Patristica et Byzantina 8 (1997): 115-134.

———. "The Women at the Tomb : What Are They Doing There?" Hervormde Teologiese Studies 53 (1997): 103-118.

———. "The Family in Early Christianity : 'Family Values' Revisited." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996): 1-25.

———. "The New Testament and the Family." In The Family, edited by Lisa Sowle Cahill and Dietmar Mieth, 1-9. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1995.

———. "Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World : State of the Question--New Testament." Biblical Research 39 (1994): 57-61.

———. "The Women at the Tomb : What Are They Doing There?" Ex Auditu 9 (1993): 97-107.

———. "Slavery in the Second Testament World." Biblical Theology Bulletin 22 (1992): 174-179.

———. "The Social Sciences and the Second Testament : Problems and Challenges." Biblical Theology Bulletin 22 (1992): 88-95.

———. "Christian Prophecy : Once Upon a Time?" Currents in Theology and Mission 17 (1990): 291-297.

———. "The Second Century through the Eyes of Hermas : Continuity and Change." Biblical Theology Bulletin 20 (1990): 116-122.

———. "The Feminist and the Bible : Hermeneutical Alternatives." Religion and Intellectual Life 6 (1989): 96-109.

———. "The New Handmaid : The Bible and the Social Sciences." Theological Studies 50 (1989): 260-278.

———. "Paul's Prayer : Relationship with Christ?" In Scripture and Prayer : A Celebration for Carroll Stuhlmueller, edited by Carolyn Osiek and Donald Senior, 145-157. Wimington, Del: Michael Glazier, 1988.

———. "Rights, Responsibilities, and Homosexuality." In Vatican and Homosexuality: Reactions to the "Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons", edited by Jeannine Gramick and Pat Furey, 126-132. New York: Crossroad, 1988.

———. "Decree on the up-to-Date Renewal of Religious Life, Perfectae Caritatis (28 October, 1965)." In Vatican II and Its Documents: An American Reappraisal, edited by Timothy E. O'Connell, 79-90. Wilmington, Del: Michael Glazier, 1986.

———. "The Genre and Function of the Shepherd of Hermas." Semeia 36 (1986): 113-121.

———. "Bible." In Harper's Bible Dictionary, edited by Paul J. Achtemeier, 110-112. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985.

———. "The Feminist and the Bible : Hermeneutical Alternatives." In Feminist Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship, edited by Adela Yarbro Collins, 93-105. Chico, Calif: Scholars Press, 1985.

———. "The Widow as Altar : The Rise and Fall of a Symbol." Second Century: A Journal of Early Christian Studies 3, no. 3 (1983): 159-169.

———. "Wealth and Poverty in the Shepherd of Hermas." In Studia Patristica, Vol 17, Pt 2, edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone, 725-730. Elmsford, NY: Pergamon Press, 1982.

———. "The Ministry and Ordination of Women According to the Early Church Fathers." In Women and Priesthood: Future Directions, a Call to Dialogue, edited by Carroll Stuhlmueller, 59-68. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press, 1978.

———. "Church Fathers and the Ministry of Women." In Women Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration, edited by Leonard J. Swidler and Arlene Swidler, 75-80. New York: Paulist Press, 1977.

 

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