In this episode, Kim Dickson talks with Dr. Nijay Gupta about the New Testament women he highlights in his Book Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church. Women who are little known to the average contemporary Christian come alive as Nijay discusses the world in which these remarkable women lived, served, and suffered on behalf of Jesus. Nijay describes the importance of letter carriers in the Roman world and the significance of Paul choosing Phoebe for this important work. He also discusses the translation and theological issues that hid Junia’s apostleship as a woman. 

Bio  

Dr. Nijay K. Gupta is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He has written or edited over twenty books including A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Studies, Paul and the Language of Faith, and the award-winning and bestselling Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church. Gupta is also co-editor of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, and he is a senior translator for the New Living Translation.  

Related Resources: 

Find Nijay Gupta at his blog.

Resources mentioned in Interview  

Nijay Gupta, Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and MInistered in the Early Church, (Downers Grove, Il: IVP Academic, 2023).  

Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition and Collection Paperback – October 22, 2004 by E. Randolph Richards 

More CBE Resources with Nijay Gupta 

Book Review: Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Brianna Cortez 

Mutuality Matters podcast: New Voices: Women and Authority in the Early Church with Dr. Nijay Gupta 

Galilee's Got Talent: How the Arts Empower Women 

Teach us, Mary: The Authority of Women Teachers in the Church in Light of the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) 

Mutuality Blog/Magazine: Why Deborah Makes All the Difference 

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