Seattle, Washington June 4–8, 2018 Concordia Theological Seminary ATTN: Continuing Education Dr. John Nordling 6600 North Clinton Street Dr. John Nordling joined the Concordia Theological Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Fort Wayne, IN 46825 Wayne, faculty in 2006 and serves as professor of Exegetical Theology. He is a graduate of Concordia University, Portland (A.A., 1977), Valparaiso University (B.A., 1980) and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (M.Div., 1985). Seattle, Washington June 4–8, 2018 Nordling has completed two academic degrees in Classics: the first at Washington University in St. Louis (M.A., 1985), and the second at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D. dissertation: “Indirect Discourse and Dr. John Nordling: Leading Ladies of the Rhetorical Strategies in Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum and Bellum Civile,” 1991). Please return this completed form with your check or credit card information to: From 1990-1994 he served as pastor at Grace English Ev. Lutheran Church and School Concordia Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He taught in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at ATTN: Continuing Education Valparaiso University (1994-1999) and in the Department of Classics at Baylor University 6600 N. Clinton Street (1999-2006). Fort Wayne, IN 46825 Nordling developed Lutheranism & the Classics, a biennial conference wherein pastors, Please contact Kara Mertz at 260.452.2103 or [email protected] with your questions or concerns. You may classicists and educators consider how the classical languages have influenced Lutheranism fax your registration to 260.452.2121. in the past, and how Greek and Latin are poised to enrich Church, academy, and culture in the (Please circle if applicable.) Dr. Rev. Dcs. Mr. Ms. Mrs. future. Name______He has written for the Concordia Commentary Series (Concordia Publishing House [CPH],

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Leading Ladies of the New Testament Day Phone ______Date of Birth ______/______/______Elizabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and other feminist scholars have suggested that , Lydia, Priscilla, Junia and other leading ladies of the New Testament were all but ordained ministers Email ______and early proponents of the “” of radical egalitarianism. However, a closer look suggests Category Price Qty. Amount that these particular women were theologically trustworthy and so, for example, would willingly have submitted to the Pauline prohibitions against women speaking publicly in worship (1 Cor. 14:33b-38; 1 Tim. 2:11-14). This course casts new light on how essential women were 3.0 CEU course for Pastors/Professional Church Workers $225 x ______= ______to the growth of Christianity during the early centuries AD, and how the named women remain 3.0 CEU course for Retired Pastors/Lay Persons $150 x ______= ______paradigmatic to lay and diakonal service yet today. Location Coordinator Fort Wayne Students/Fort Wayne Vicars $0 x ______= ______

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Reading (also continued on the other side): Payment Type: 1. Read this book in advance of class time: Pease, Glenn. Women of the : Amazing Women of the New Testament. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. c My check is enclosed. Make check payable to CTSFW. 2. Selected New Testament Women: Read up on as many of the following New Testament women in advance of class time as you possibly can, using, if possible, good text notes, c Please bill my credit card. Choose one: c MasterCard c Visa commentaries and the Greek New Testament. Card # ______Exp. ____/____ 3-digit security code ____ | ____ | ____ For more information about Continuing Education opportunities and/or registration, you may call Kara Mertz at 260.452.2103, email [email protected] or visit Signature: ______www.ctsfw.edu/CE. Forming servants in who teach the faithful, reach the lost, and care for all. a. The four women of Jesus’ genealogy (Matt. 1:1-17) • Tamar, Rahab, Bathsheba and Ruth b. Mary, mother of Jesus (Matt. 1:16, 18, 20; 2:11; 13:55; Luke 1-2; John 19:25-27) c. Elizabeth, mother of (Luke 1) d. Mary and of Bethany (Luke 10:38-42; John 11:1-37 and 12:1-3) e. Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-31; 1 Cor. 9:5) f. Anonymous “women” who supported Jesus’ ministry (Luke 8:1-3; Matthew 27:55-56; Mark 15:40-41) g. The woman who touched Jesus’ garment (Mark 5:21-34, and parallels) h. The Syrophoenician woman (Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30) i. The Samaritan woman (John 4:1-30) j. , mother of James and John (Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 15:40 and 16:1) k. Joanna, wife of Chousa (Luke 8:3 and 24:10) l. , Mary the mother of James and , and Salome (Matthew 27:55- 56, 61; Mark 15:40, 47; 16:1, 9-11; Luke 8:1-3; 24:10; John 19:25; 20:1-2, 10-18) m. The diakonos Phoebe (Rom. 16:1-2) n. Prisca/ (Acts 18:1-4, 18, 24-26; Rom. 16:3-5a; 1 Cor. 16:19; 2 Tim. 4:19) o. Women associates mentioned in Romans 16 (see verses 6, 7, 12, 13 and 15) p. Tabitha, a.k.a. (Acts 9:36-42) q. Lydia (Acts 16:11-15, 40) r. Euodia and Syntyche (Phil 4:2-3; cf. Acts 16:13 and 17:4, 12) s. Or any other New Testament woman I may have inadvertently overlooked!

3. Preliminary Reading in the Secondary Sources: Again, read as many of the following as possible in advance of class time, balancing feminist with more traditional scholarship. Which arguments are supported by the textual evidence (see #2 above) and which are not? • Ferguson, Everett. “Social Morality,” “Marriage and Family,” “Place of Women,” “Exposure of Children.” In Backgrounds of Early Christianity, Second edition. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1993. (pp.63-74). • Field-Bibb, Jacqueline. “Praxis Versus Image: Women towards Priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.” In E. S. Fiorenza and M. Shawn Copeland, eds., Feminist Theology in Different Contexts. London: SCM Press; and Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1996. (pp. 81-89). • Fiorenza, Elisabeth S. “Feminist Theologies in Different Contexts: Introduction.” In E. S. Fiorenza and M. Shawn Copeland, eds., Feminist Theology in Different Contexts. London: SCM Press; and Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1996. (pp. vii-ix). • Giese, Curtis P. “The Girl from Nazareth. What History Can Teach Us about Mary and Her World.” In Lutheran Witness 136.12. December 2017. (pp. 8-9, 23). • Gryson, Roger. “The New Testament.” In R. Gryson, The Ministry of Women in the Early Church. Translated by J. Laporte and M. L. Hall. Collegeville, Mnnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1976. (pp. 1-10 and 126-130). • Nordling, John G. “Does Ephesians 5:21 Support Mutual Submission?” In Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology 24.4. Reformation 2015. (pp. 19-28). • Torejsen, Karen Jo. “Reconstruction of Women’s Early Christian History.” In Elisabeth S. Fiorenza, ed., Searching the Scriptures. Volume One: A Feminist Introduction. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Co., 1995. (pp. 290-310). • Weedon, William. “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.” In Lutheran Witness 136.12. December 2017. (pp. 12-14 and 24). • Weinrich, William. “Women in the History of the Church: Learned and Holy, But Not Pastors.” In John Piper and Wane Grudem, eds., Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991. (pp. 263-279 and 512-516).