audio Religions_of_the_Ancient_Mediterranean This and the following episode look at legacies and interpretations of Paul after his death. In particular, I use several letters written in the name of Paul (the Pastoral epistles) and a novelistic story about Paul and a woman named Thecla (Acts of Paul and Thecla) as a window into debates about leadership of women in groups of Jesus-followers in the second century. These diverging portraits of Paul can be better understood against the background of Greek and Roman criticisms of certain early Christian family or "anti-family" values. This episode is part of series one ("Paul and his Communities") of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast, which is connected with the blog of the same name at <a href='http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/>http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/</a>. early christianity; bible; christian origins; new testament; thecla; acts of paul and thecla; pastoral epistles; 1 timothy; titus; apostle paul; greco-roman religions; ancient history; history Philip A. Harland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ Podcast1.11LegaciesOfPaul-WomensLeadershipPart1 pharland@yorku.ca 2007-11-30 21:09:50 2007-11-30 21:21:19 audio_podcastaudio_religion