The Galilean Women of Luke 8:1–3

• Main Author: Natividad, Maria Lucia C.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Subjects: Discipleship; Women disciples; Mary Magdalene; the sinful woman; service
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol6/iss2/1; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1193/viewcontent/PAHA_206.2_201_20Article_20__20Natividad.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper makes a case for the Galilean women of Luke 8:1–3 as a paradigm of Christian discipleship. The summary passage, 8:1–3, is interpreted in relation to two accounts that frame it—the story of the unnamed woman at the house of Simon the Pharisee (7:36–50) and the Parable of the Sower (8:4–8)—...