The Galilean Women of Luke 8:1-3

• Main Author: Natividad, Maria Lucia C
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Subjects: Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs/10; https://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=20949219&asa=Y&AN=119293973&h=6PyTmuD8XfNSjNEFT2F6gd8Q1mrg4yUU4Ky4ynIHoNhyjeYfBG8UVmkBdNprE24fXH%2bPdwVvcchOGGCRlHwgkQ%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d20949219%26asa%3dY%26AN%3d119293973
• 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)--and to the death and resurrection narrative (22-24). From an analysis of these passages, the women will be shown as epitomizing the meaning of discipleship.