Carolyn Osiek
Publications 19861999
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago, Illinois
(Edited by Dr. K. C. Hanson)
BOOKS 
What Are They Saying about the Social
Setting of the New Testament? Rev. ed. New York: Paulist,
1992.
Co-Editor. Silent Voices, Sacred Lives: Women’s
Readings for the Liturgical Year (with Barbara Bowe, RSCJ,
Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ, Sharon Karam, RSCJ). New York:
Paulist, 1992.
Revised edition of Harry Leon, The Jews of
Ancient Rome. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995.
(With David Balch). Families in the New
Testament World: Households and House Churches. Louisville:
Westminster John Knox, 1997.
The Shepherd of Hermas. Hermeneia. Minneapolis:
Fortress Press, 1999.
ARTICLES IN
JOURNALS
"The Genre and Function of the Shepherd of
Hermas." Semeia 36 (1986):113-21 (Volume title: Early Christian
Apocalypticism: Genre and Social Setting, A. Y. Collins, ed.).
"The New Handmaid: The Bible and the Social
Sciences." Theological Studies 50.2 (1989):260-78.
"Christian Prophecy: Once Upon a Time?"
Currents in Theology and Mission 17 (1989):291-97.
"The Early Second Century through the Eyes of
Hermas: Continuity and Change." Biblical Theology Bulletin 20
(1990):116-22.
"Jesus and Money, or—Did Jesus Live in a
Capitalist Society?" Chicago Studies 30.1 (1991):17-28.
"The Middle East in Biblical Perspective." The
Critic 45.4 (1991):24-32.
"The Social Sciences and the Second Testament:
Problems and Challenges." Biblical Theology Bulletin 22
(1992):88-95.
"BTB Reader’s Guide: Slavery in the Second
Testament World." Biblical Theology Bulletin 22
(1992):174-79.
"The Social Function of Female Imagery in Second
Century Prophecy." Vetera Christianorum 29.1 (1992):55-74.
"The Women at the Tomb: What Are They Doing
There?" Ex Auditu 9 (1993):97-107.
"The Family and Early Christianity: ‘Family
Values’ Revisited." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996):1-24.
ARTICLES IN
COLLECTIONS 
"The Feminist and the Bible: Hermeneutical
Alternatives." In Feminist Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship,
93-105. A. Y. Collins, ed. Society of Biblical Literature Centennial
Publications, 10. Chico, CA: Scholars, 1985. Reprinted in: Religion and
Intellectual Life 6.3-4 (1989):96-109.
"Second-Century Church Writers." (Part of "Early
Church"). In The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, 1346-50
(80:34-63). R. E. Brown, et al., eds. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,
1989.
"Galatians." In The Women’s Bible
Commentary, 333-37. C. A. Newsom and S. H. Ringe. London:
SPCK/Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1992.
Articles in Biblical Social Values and Their
Meaning: A Handbook. J. J. Pilch and B. J. Malina, eds.
Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1993.
- "Ordering" pp. 126-28
- "Relatedness" pp. 155-57
- "Self-Sacrifice" pp. 157-60
"Philippians." In Searching the Scriptures: A
Feminist Commentary, 2.237-49. E. Schüssler Fiorenza, ed. New York:
Crossroad, 1994.
"The Oral World of Early Christianity in Rome: The
Case of Hermas." In Judaism and Christianity in First-Century Rome,
151-72. Ed. K. P. Donfried and P. Richardson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
"Women in House Churches." In Common Life in the
Early Church: Essays Honoring Graydon F. Snyder, 300-315. Ed. Julian V.
Hills et al. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1998.
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